OpenAI's 'Doug' Could Be the Largest AI Training Run Ever, Paving Path to AGI
VraserX · x · 2026-08-10
An opinion suggests that OpenAI's project 'Doug' could be the largest AI training run the world has ever seen. If OpenAI pairs that massive scale with continual learning techniques like SEAL—and they have indeed hired a lead researcher in this field—the result could be something far beyond GPT-6, making full-blown AGI sound much less crazy.
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