Reddit: AGI is nowhere near — Silicon Valley CEOs are selling fear to raise money
FactorGeneral4078 · reddit · 2026-09-14
A Reddit post argues AGI hype is a fear-driven fundraising scheme: beyond AlphaFold-style scientific wins, promised breakthroughs haven't materialized and most progress is still automation and digital work. The author predicts that by 2030 the bigger risk is human over-dependence on AI, not extinction.
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