We have achieved AGI no more than we have achieved human flight.

Are you really making the argument that human flight hasn’t been effectively achieved at this point?

I actually kind of love this comparison — it demonstrates the point that just like “human flight”, “true AGI” isn’t a single point in time, it’s a many-decade (multi-century?) process of refinement and evolution.

Scholars a millennia from now will be debating about when each of these were actually “truly” achieved.

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mbreese 4 days ago | parent [-]

I’ve never heard it described this way: AGI as similar to human flight. I think it’s subtle and clever - my two most favorite properties.

To me, we have both achieved and not human flight. Can humans themselves fly? No. Can people fly in planes across continents. Yes.

But, does it really matter if it counts as “human flight” if we can get from point A to point B faster? You’re right - this is an argument that will last ages.

It’s a great turn of phrase to describe AGI.

	▲	aaronblohowiak 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Thank you! I’m bored of “moving goalposts” arguments as I think “looks different than we expected” is the _ordinary_ way revolutions happen.

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adastra22 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes, I agree! Thank you for that apt comparison.