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Gary Marcus Marcus on AI Published

The Grand AGI Delusion

We recorded 3 claims from this post. 2 were checked against evidence. 1 can’t be checked. Read the post at its source.

Claims from this post (3)

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

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

    What we tested: We are not close to AGI.

  2. Assessment: SupportedSaid

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

    What we tested: Society is being reshaped on the premise that AGI is close.

    What happened: In the event organizer's account, OpenAI's CFO applies this statement to AGI defined as performing most value-added human work. The same account connects her outlook to Stargate infrastructure and changes in energy, workforce, and economic development. (Goldman Sachs, )

  3. Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid

    “I think we are making a huge mistake.”

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