alt Hacker NewsOpus 4.6 is AGI in my book. They won’t admit it, but it’s absolutely true. It shows initiative in not only getting things right but also adding improvements that the original prompt didn't request that match the goals of the job.
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winrid • today at 3:53 AM
On the adding improvements and being helpful thing, isn't that part of the system prompt?
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dyauspitr • today at 4:37 AM
I don’t know if Opus is AGI but on a broader note, that’s how we will get AGI. Not some consciousness like people are expecting. It’s just going to be chatbot that’s very hard to stump and starts making actual scientific breakthroughs and solving long standing problems.
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> Opus 4.6 is AGI in my book.
Not even close. There are still tons of architectural design issues that I'd find it completely useless at, tons of subtle issues it won't notice.
I never run agents by themselves; every single edit they do is approved by me. And, I've lost track of the innumerable times I've had to step in and redirect them (including Opus) to an objectively better approach. I probably should keep a log of all that, for the sake of posterity.
I'll grant you that for basic implementation of a detailed and well-specced design, it is capable.