Sam Altman: AGI Was a Milestone, Superintelligence 'Can Just Scale Indefinitely'
haider1 · x · 2026-09-02
Sam Altman says: "AGI felt like a milestone, but superintelligence feels like this thing that can just scale indefinitely."
The poster adds an observation: debates inside labs about "are we at AGI and when will we get there" have largely disappeared — the conversation has moved on to the superintelligence phase.
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