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jaggederestyesterday at 8:34 PM1 replyview on HN

I also think it's moving the goalpost significantly. If you asked me what AGI looks like in 2024, I would have said "smarter on tasks that can be done via text than the average random human you'd meet in a NY bodega", and by that standard, it's long in the rear view mirror.

Now I think people are asking a different question, which is "better than any human at any task that can be done via text", which imo is superhuman, not artificial general intelligence.


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HarHarVeryFunnyyesterday at 8:48 PM

It's not moving the goalposts - it's just having a different goal in the first place. This has been Shane Legg and Demis Hassabis' definition of AGI since DeepMind was founded, or before (way before OpenAI appeared), and also for me the goal of AI has always been human level (really a human brain, complete with emotions, etc, but we can start with basic learning/prediction).

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