[rvz]

Are we finally realizing that the term "AGI" is not only hijacked to become meaningless, but achieving it has always been nothing but a complete scam as I was saying before? [0]

If you were in a "pioneering" AI lab that claims to be in the lead in achieving "AGI", why move to another lab that is behind other than offering $10M a year.

Snap out of the "AGI" BS.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37438154

[frde_me]

I don't know, companies investing in AI in the goal of AGI is now allowing me to effortlessly automate a whole suite of small tasks that weren't feasible before. (after all I pinged a bot on slack using my phone to add a field to an API, and then got a pull request in a couple of minutes that did exactly that)

Maybe it's a scam for the people investing in the company with the hopes of getting an infinite return on their investments, but it's been a net positive for humans as a whole.

[bdhcuidbebe]

We know they hijacked AGI the same way they hijacked AI some years ago.

[returnInfinity]

Soon they will hijack ASI, then we will need a new word again.

[sys_64738]

I don't pay too close attention to AI as it always felt like man behind the curtain syndrome. But where did this "AGI" term even come from? The original term AI is meant to be AGI so when did "AI" get bastardized into what abomination it is meant to refer to now.

[SoftTalker]

See the history of Tesla and "full self-driving" for the explanation. In short: for sales.

[eMPee584]

capitalism all the way down..