With 10 Weeks Left, Will Sam Altman's Year-End AGI Promise Hold?
Insane_Artist · reddit · 2026-10-21
Reddit users debate Sam Altman's TIME interview claim that OpenAI will reach AGI by year's end, with roughly 10 weeks left. The poster suspects that if AGI were truly near, Altman wouldn't still be hedging publicly, and floats scenarios from a Christmas surprise to an unverifiable 'we have it internally' claim.
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