OpenAI researcher: my 'Gato 2 will be AGI' bet finally landed, 4 years late
willdepue · x · 2026-10-15
OpenAI researcher Will DePue recalls texting friends four years ago that DeepMind's Gato 2 would be AGI. He now argues the real "Gato 2" has arrived with Argon, Astra, and Opus — just four years late.
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