[lyxell]

”I think GPT-5 is the closest to AGI we’ve ever been”

Sorry, but this sounds like overly sensational marketing speak and just leaves a bad taste in the mouth for me.

[Aurornis]

I found a Hacker News thread via Google a few days ago. One of the top comments was from someone describing their RAG architecture and a certain technique (my search term). The comment boasted that their system was so good it that their team thought they created something close to AGI.

Then I noticed the date on the comment: 2023.

Technically, every advancement in the space is “the closest to AGI that we’ve ever been”. It’s technically correct, since we’re not moving backward. It’s just not a very meaningful statement.

[JumpCrisscross]

> Technically, every advancement in the space is “the closest to AGI that we’ve ever been”

By that standard Neolithic tool use was progress to AGI.

[Dr4kn]

"It's the best iPhone we ever made."

[Fargren]

AGI, like AI before it, has been coopted into a marketing term. Most of the time, outside of sci-fi, what people mean when they say AGI is "a profitable LLM".

In the words OpenAI: “AGI is defined as highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work”

[dingnuts]

SamA isn't an idiot. When he says AGI he wants you to think of Asimov style AI. Don't run defense for billionaire grifters.

[martin_a]

Same marketing BS like "the best iPhone ever!". Well, duh, if your new version (of hardware/software) isn't better, what the deal then?