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The Grand AGI Delusion

We recorded 2 claims from this post. 1 was checked against evidence. 1 can’t be checked. Read the post at its source.

Claims from this post (2)

In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.

  1. Assessment: UnresolvedSaid

    Observation

    “We aren’t close to AGI, but we are reshaping our world on the premise that we are.”

    Our reading: We are not close to AGI.

    No horizon Evidence as of

    Limitation: Benchmark failures do not measure time remaining to AGI.

  2. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    Recommendation or value judgment

    “I think we are making a huge mistake.”

    Our reading: Marcus thinks that we are making a huge mistake by reshaping our world on the premise that we are close to AGI.

    No horizon

    Qualifier: I think