'AGI will book your flights': VC pitch criticized for shrinking AGI to errands
tekbog · x · 2026-09-30
tekbog mocks a common startup narrative: claiming AGI will change the world while pitching it as a tool for booking restaurants, finding cool places to eat, and reserving flights and hotels.
He calls this "a pitch for VCs"—wrapping an AI life-assistant product in grand AGI storytelling, reflecting growing industry fatigue with AGI concept overmarketing.
More from Fun
- ObviousBench declares GPT-6 "among the most efficient models ever trained" — as a joke — Enceladusx17 · 2026-09-30
- User deliberately feeds DeepSeek Web his paid-model work to join the 'crowdsourced distillation' — teortaxesTex · 2026-09-30
- Trillions in compute later, AI produced the antithesis of Erdős' THE BOOK — burny_tech · 2026-09-30
- Loves Optimizer Theory, Doesn't Believe in Global Minima: An AI Joke — willcb · 2026-09-30
- Three GPT models asked to draw a bicycle riding a pelican all made the bird deliver it — BellNo9522 · 2026-09-30
- Google taps Henry Cavill to build a video game on Googlebook, reveal set for November — salgar · 2026-09-30