"We already have AGI in software development": a narrow take on Astra
haider1 · x · 2026-09-04
Blogger haider1 argues today's AI already beats humans in programming — a domain where machines have structural advantages — while lagging elsewhere, so broad AGI hasn't arrived, but "in software development, we absolutely have AGI now." The take targets OpenAI's new Astra model and continues the domain-specific framing of the AGI debate.
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