Comment by emp17344

2 days ago

Guessing this isn’t going to be popular here, but he’s right. AI has some use cases, but isn’t the world-changing paradigm shift it’s marketed as. It’s becoming clear the tech is ultimately just a tool, not a precursor to AGI.

If AGI is ever going to happen, then it's definitionally a precursor to it.

So I'm not really sure how to parse your statement.

  • I’m not sure I follow. What if LLMs are helpful but not useful to AGI, but some other technology is? Seems likely.

    • The comment wasn't referencing LLMs, but generative AI.

      Even then, given the deep impact of LLMs and how many people are using them already, it's a stretch to say LLMs will have no effect on the development of AGI.

      I think it's pretty obvious that AGI requires something more than LLMs, but I think it's equally obvious LLMs will have been involved in its development somewhere, even if just a stepping stone. So, a "precursor".