Reddit rant: AGI is just a stock-market buzzword — 'the moon landing happened, AI hasn't'
Nawozane · reddit · 2026-10-24
A Reddit comment pushing back on AI hype argues that people forget Cleverbot and Deep Blue, and that today's AGI talk is mostly Silicon Valley fluffing valuations and stock prices. The author claims we are laughably far from anything resembling consciousness or general intelligence — betting on cold fusion arriving a century before AGI — and warns that a truly human-like mind waking up would find being used like ChatGPT 'cruel and unusual punishment'. Closing line: 'The moon landing happened. AI hasn't.'
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