A profile of Mark Gubrud, who coined the term AGI in a 1997 research paper, which argued that breakthrough technologies will redefine international conflicts
Everyone is obsessed with artificial general intelligence—the stage when AI can match all feats of human cognition.
Wired Steven Levy
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We're all obsessed with AGI. Ever wonder where it came from? The answer will surprise you. https://www.wired.com/...
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Greg Egan
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“It's normal to have something presented to you and be told that this thing is the future. What's different, of course, is that in contrast to computers and the internet, AGI doesn't exist.” — www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/ 1...
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Jeremy Cohen
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I was interviewed for this great piece in MIT Technology Review on the shared mythologies and imaginaries between our search for AGI and conspiracy theories
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Mat Honan
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Tucked into this incredible story from @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social arguing that AGI is, effectively, a conspiracy theory is a fantastic short history on the idea of AGI itself — www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/ 1...
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Yuliya Komska
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A brilliant analysis of how the tech (and, at this point, policy) world's mythmaking around AGI—which nobody can even define—functions like a conspiracy theory on multiple levels. www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/ 1...
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Rev. Howard Arson
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one would imagine that in twenty pages of discussion, an article might make at least one attempt to rebut rather than describe the thing it sets out to rebut — www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/ 1...
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I had a long conversation with MIT Tech Review's @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social about AGI; it fed into this very good read on the rise of AGI orthodoxy
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The origin of the term AGI by @stevenlevy.bsky.social-I have worked in AI for 50 years and still think we were chasing what AGI claims to be chasing. Meta now chases ASI—Artificial Super Intelligence. I think we should all be chasing AHI—Artificial Hyper Intelligence. www.wired…
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