Renaming AGI to superintelligence: 'what you do when you lack control'
brhydon · x · 2026-09-30
Three-point take on a lab renaming AGI to superintelligence: 1) renaming is what you do when you don't have control but want to feel like you do; 2) most people have called it superintelligence for a while — AGI carries too much baggage; 3) at least he didn't call it 'American Intelligence'.
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