That may sound more defensible to you, but its even more detached from reality. I feel very old right now because I actually read the thing at the time, but setting that aside, do you really think anyone thought or said GPT-2 was AGI?

I don't think you do.

I only mention reading it because that would clear it up, and you seem interested, and your parenthetical indicates A) you're aware you're claiming something a bit silly and B) you don't know what was actually said.