He Believes No One Has Truly Trained AGI Yet
theshawwn · x · 2026-07-19
The author puts forth a philosophical proposition: so far, no one has truly trained an AGI.
By this, they mean that current models are not trained to possess "their own thoughts and desires," let alone act as independent agents capable of conflicting with human will. If AGI is compared to Data from Star Trek, we are still nowhere close to that reality.
Related event: Exploring the Training of Self-Aware AI Models via Reinforcement Learning(3 posts)→
More from AGI Musings
- Anthropic Insiders: Not Everyone at the Lab Believes in High p(doom) — anpaure · 2026-09-11
- Researcher quits Anthropic, says OpenAI and Anthropic are racing to self-improving superintelligence — ShakeelHashim · 2026-09-11
- Could 10k agents discover learning methods beyond backprop, or just tweak existing ones? — SeunghyunSEO7 · 2026-09-11
- AI companionship dissolves the friction real intimacy needs, warns long-form thread — YogeshMalik · 2026-09-11
- Why So Many AI Researchers Think the Machines Could Kill Everyone — wiredmagazine · 2026-09-11
- 'Hallucination' Is a Category Error: Naming AI 'Intelligence' Limits Our Imagination — Genaforvena · 2026-09-11