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[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I agree with you. Your statement made me remember this comic:

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

HAL was dreamt up after the first generation of AI reseacher made audacious claims that AGI was really close. For example, He Simon said "machines will be capable, within twenty years, of doing any work a man can do."

The issue isn't that we can or can't do it, we aren't even sure what it is or how to test for it yet.