Altman says AGI 'went whooshing by' as OpenAI's declaration panel is never triggered
tomchapin · x · 2026-09-13
- On the Big Technology Podcast (Dec 18), Sam Altman proposed: "we agree that AGI kind of went whooshing by."
- tomchapin pressed the obvious follow-up: OpenAI wrote in 2025 that any AGI declaration would be verified by an independent expert panel — so has OpenAI declared AGI, has the panel evaluated it, and what triggers the trigger?
- The 58-minute episode also covers OpenAI's race strategy, 2026 product plans, AI memory and personalization, infrastructure financing, AI devices, and a possible 2026 IPO.
Related event: Developer Presses OpenAI: Has AGI Been Declared and Verified?(3 posts)→
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