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I don't think AGI is right around the corner

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336 points mooreds | 1 comments | 06 Jul 25 20:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | source
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Herring ◴[06 Jul 25 21:31 UTC] No.44484239[source]▶
Apparently 54% of American adults read at or below a sixth-grade level nationwide. I’d say AGI is kinda here already.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_in_the_United_States

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yeasku ◴[06 Jul 25 21:39 UTC] No.44484320[source]▶
Does a country failed education system has anything to do with AGI?
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ch4s3 ◴[06 Jul 25 22:08 UTC] No.44484532[source]▶
The stat is skewed wildly by immigration. The literacy level of native born Americans is higher. The population of foreign born adults is nearly 20% of the total adult population, and as you can imagine many are actively learning English.
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1. dankwizard ◴[07 Jul 25 00:07 UTC] No.44485354[source]▶
The immigration is actually working to boost literacy levels. Americans have been falling off for a long time.