[sheeshkebab]

Why then all the talk about AGI when fundamentals don’t even allow for it to emerge.

[ben_w]

Because "AGI" is very poorly defined, and ChatGPT is very "general" (compared to everything before it) and matches some (but not all) definitions of "intelligent".

[jakobson14]

Because drumming up talk about AGI is a really great way to get funding for your startup. The tech industry sustains itself on hype.

[ben_w]

Not only but also.

[anon291]

Because transformers et al have gotten us the closest we've ever been to any system that can even claim to be AGI.

[FeepingCreature]

First make it work; then make it efficient.

[jakobson14]

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they should that they didn't stop to think if they could.

[drdeca]

... seems potentially better than the other way around? Well, I suppose it depends.