LLMs Won't Reach True AGI, But the Economic Runway Is Still 100,000x
ight-bet · reddit · 2026-10-12
A Redditor argues LLMs will never achieve AGI in the strict scientific sense—they can absorb human knowledge and fill gaps but not exceed current frontiers. Economically, though, he sees 100,000x of headroom, possibly hitting world resource limits before exhausting the paradigm. Once a doomer, he now expects market convergence in AI value creation and spots durable opportunities ahead.
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