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1 month ago

This is different because now the cats out of the bag: AI is big money!

I don't expect AGI or Super intelligence to take that long but I do think it'll happen in private labs now. There's an AI business model (pay per token) that folks can use also.

> don't expect AGI or Super intelligence to take that long

I appreciate the optimism for what would be the biggest achievement (and possibly disaster) in human history. I wish other technologies like curing cancer, Alzheimer's, solving world hunger and peace would have similar timelines.

  • We are making decent strides on the first two, the latter two are like wanting cats to stop scratching. What's the point of being a cat than?