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OpenAI, Google and Anthropic are struggling to build more advanced AI

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625 points lukebennett | 1 comments | 13 Nov 24 13:28 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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irrational ◴[14 Nov 24 18:03 UTC] No.42139106[source]▶
> The AGI bubble is bursting a little bit

I'm surprised that any of these companies consider what they are working on to be Artificial General Intelligences. I'm probably wrong, but my impression was AGI meant the AI is self aware like a human. An LLM hardly seems like something that will lead to self-awareness.

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Taylor_OD ◴[14 Nov 24 18:05 UTC] No.42139138[source]▶
I think your definition is off from what most people would define AGI as. Generally, it means being able to think and reason at a human level for a multitude/all tasks or jobs.

"Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) refers to a theoretical form of artificial intelligence that possesses the ability to understand, learn, and apply knowledge across a wide range of tasks at a level comparable to that of a human being."

Altman says AGI could be here in 2025: https://youtu.be/xXCBz_8hM9w?si=F-vQXJgQvJKZH3fv

But he certainly means an LLM that can perform at/above human level in most tasks rather than a self aware entity.

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1. Avshalom ◴[14 Nov 24 18:25 UTC] No.42139407[source]▶
Altman is marketing, he "certainly means" whatever he thinks his audience will buy.