A blunt AGI test: can the AI earn minimum wage on command?
Delicious_Soup_9876 · reddit · 2026-09-05
A Reddit user proposes a pragmatic AGI criterion: an AI deserves the name only if a prompt like "earn me minimum wage" reliably works — jokingly calling it an "artificial economic slave." The take sparks debate on defining AGI by economic capability rather than benchmarks.
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