Gary Marcus mocks the recurring 'this model is AGI' cycle, citing Tyler Cowen's o3 claim
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-07
Pritam Avhad argues that every new model release (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek) triggers premature AGI declarations, and conflating better models with general intelligence keeps the debate going in circles. AGI means robust cross-domain learning, reasoning, common sense, and long-horizon planning—not benchmarks or fluent answers. Gary Marcus amplifies it, noting Tyler Cowen once called o3 AGI and that 'this happens every single time.'
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