[TeamSlytherin]

The announcement today has the potential to cut the number of years estimated (to reach AGI) in half, and I'm sure VC funds are DM'ing him non-stop right now. But we don't know which path Carmack will take, and as you rightly point out, current trends in AI is mostly ML/xNN's with a goal of turning data into profit (heavy focus on products/markets). Even those talking about AGI are fractured into different groups. Oddly, many in ML are talking about future abilities that are mostly defined by AGI research (even if they see AGI as a distraction. From his post, I don't think "product development" is a goal. Not clear what challenges or milestones he will set for himself (just having a better testing suite has become an AGI issue of late, so maybe he will contribute to that first).