OpenAI Employee Claims 'AGI Achieved', Sparks Criticism
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-08-16
Vahid Kazemi, a technical staff member at OpenAI, claimed that the company has "already achieved AGI," stating that the o1 model makes this even clearer. However, he immediately qualified this: they have not achieved "better than any human at any task," but rather "better than most humans at most tasks."
Critics argue this relies on a convenient, unconventional definition of AGI focused on breadth of tasks rather than peak expertise. Gary Marcus mocked the claim. This follows the full release of OpenAI's o1 model.
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