I find it strange AGI is the goal. The label AI is off and irrelevant. A language model is not AI, even a large language model. But language models are still extremely useful and potentially revolutionary. Labelling language models as AI is both under and overstating the value. It's not AI (insert sad trombone), but that doesn't mean it's amazing technology (insert thunderous applause).

Greg Brockman talks about it on Lex’ podcast I think. He thinks ultimately AGI won’t be anything more than token generation, if I remember correctly

This terminology is confusing. Historically, AI was always used to mean any kind of machine intelligence, including the most basic novice chess AI, or an image classifier, or a video game character's AI. Now a lot of people seem to be using it as a synonym for AGI - a human-level intelligence.

Without defining AGI as a goal, current AI companies would not be able to amass the amount of money they want