Pedro Domingos: three reasons we're still far from AGI, no robotics ChatGPT moment in sight
pmddomingos · x · 2026-09-25
Prominent AI researcher and author Pedro Domingos laid out three reasons we're still far from AGI:
- Learning algorithms don't generalize nearly as well as humans
- There's no ChatGPT moment for robotics in sight
- Our understanding of intelligence is severely lacking
A sober counterpoint to the prevailing AGI-optimism narrative, from a well-known figure in the field.
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