Gary Marcus says AGI still means human-level general intelligence, not a checklist
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-07-25
Gary Marcus argues that AGI should mean general intelligence — the ability to do all the things expert humans can do — not a partial checklist taken out of context. He says there is still no sign that we have reached that level, though he still thinks it may happen sometime next decade rather than this one.
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