I disagree. AI is doing exactly what it was predicted it would in science fiction.

The computer can now literally talk to you in natural language and then perfectly produce sophisticated actions in response to completely arbitrary and unstructured input. It trivially passes the Turing test. By any definition prior to the year 2023 we are living with Artificial General Intelligence and it’s here now.

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fragmede 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah. We'll be arguing "is it really AGI" for many more years. Meanwhile, everyone interesting is going to have moved on from that question, choosing to spend time on "who cares if it's AGI, can it do $foo", for whatever value of $foo is interesting to them. Whether the machine is folding clothes or folding proteins, AGI isn't well defined other than "I'll know it when I see it", so whether or not it's AGI, the question is what job is the machine capable of and is it cheaper than a human? A humanoid robot that can work a warehouse is not putting anyone out of a job if it costs a billion dollars, and neither is a digital AI employee that costs the company a billion dollars either.

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goatlover 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

So where are the androids? If it's AGI, why is it used as a tool, waiting to be prompted or executed by humans? Where is Skynet? Military applications still rely on human operators.

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nextaccountic 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Robotics is advancing a bit slower, but is making progress as well.

	▲	goatlover 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, but unlike a lot of science fiction, robots, LLMs and other AI remain tools for human use. Augmented Intelligence would have been the more accurate word for real world AI.

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p1esk 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You realize llms as a field is barely 5 years old? Give it at least another 5.

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goatlover 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I doubt LLMs will give us full embodied intelligence that science fiction androids have. Maybe some other approach. But I suspect for the forseable future LLMs, robots and other AI methods will remain tools, not independent agents like Star Trek Data or Skynet.

	▲	p1esk 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		VLAs are new LLMs. Give them 5 years to develop. But even good old LLMs are still improving every six months.