Anthropic researcher calls OpenAI chief scientist's claim 'a lie or completely delusional'
BlancheMinerva · x · 2026-10-13
After a user cited OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki as a top respected researcher whose statements deserve weight, Anthropic researcher Blanche Minerva fired back: "This is either a lie or completely delusional. We are very far away from anything like that being remotely viable."
The exchange highlights the wide rift over AGI timelines between lab leadership's aggressive forecasts and researchers who publicly dismiss them as far from viable.
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