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hypfertoday at 8:58 PM1 replyview on HN

What does "AGI" or "effective AGI" even mean, and why should anyone even care whether this unclear thing has been "reached" or not?

Computer chips got faster, but 2026 edition. Why the artificial ceiling/category/goal labelled "AGI"?

I'd much rather like to talk about what this enables, instead of discussing whether a category someone made up applies here or not.


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giancarlostorotoday at 9:04 PM

According to Sam Altman:

> AGI is essentially the equivalent of a median human that could be hired as a remote co-worker... capable of performing any task that one would be satisfied with a remote colleague doing via a computer.

So... unless you hear of a company replacing their workforce with OpenAI agents, I don't think we're there yet.

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