Sam Altman defines AGI as automating economic work
haider1 · x · 2026-08-30
The author interprets Sam Altman's definition of AGI as being "capable of automating economically valuable work." While it's unknown if Astra meets this bar, if it represents a major leap over GPT-5.6, it is not far-fetched that an internal version or successor could reach this threshold.
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