Gary Marcus

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5/18/2025, 5:47:22 AM
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@misaligned_agi
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@GaryMarcus Nick sounds so pessimistic tbh. If we discover something we don’t even know what then maybe AGI in few years. Same you could say about levitation, immortality, or anything else.
Fact is that there is no clear path to AGI and that makes every prediction impossible
Gary Marcus
@GaryMarcus
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Happy to bet Nick Bostrom $100,000 proceeds to charity, that I can find a dozen problems that human can readily solve that AI’s cannot reliably solve, two years from today.
Haider.
@slow_developer
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Nick Bostrom says we can no longer be confident that Superintelligence is far away

It could emerge within a year or two, or even sooner, if someone in any AI lab discovers a key unlock we've all missed

The conversation involves a debate about the timeline and feasibility of achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). It includes skepticism about predictions and a challenge regarding AI's current limitations.

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