We are not getting to the G in Artificial General Intelligence; we are getting to (impressive) advances in particular areas where particular…

We are not getting to the G in Artificial General Intelligence; we are getting to (impressive) advances in particular areas where particular (verifiable) techniques can be used, on problems with advantageous economics. AGI itself is NOT “in striking distance”; inferring that based on what can be done in coding and math would be a serious error. Judging by my tl there is a growing gap in understanding of AI capability. The first issue I think is around recency and tier of use. I think a lot of people tried the free tier of ChatGPT somewhere last year and allowed it to inform their views on AI a little too much. This is a…

I rest my case: Mythos isn’t AGI. It’s not even better at biology than the last model. It’s tuned to particular things, not a giant advance …
GenAI’s popularity has hit a wall. Hard to see how OpenAI is going to make its numbers, and easy to see why they bought a media company. The…
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Folks, you can relax. Mythos is not some off-trend exponential gain. And the gains weren’t about recursive self-improvement. Good thread fro…
My considered opinion is that The Mythos stuff was mostly a myth. Take it as a serious warning sign that we need to get our act together wit…

Source: Gary Marcus (X) | 2026-04-10

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