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# AGI is miles away, don’t believe the hype
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/agi-is-miles-away-dont-believe-the-hype/
- Published: 2024-08-08T00:03:14.000Z
- Updated: 2024-08-08T00:03:14.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

Benj Edwards: [Major Shifts at OpenAI Spark Skepticism About Impending AGI Timelines](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/08/major-shifts-at-openai-spark-skepticism-about-impending-agi-timelines/?ref=birchtree.me)

> The moves have led some to [wonder](https://x.com/slow%5Fdeveloper/status/1820821208700420109?ref=birchtree.me) just how close OpenAI is to a long-rumored breakthrough of some kind of [reasoning artificial intelligence](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/07/openai-reportedly-nears-breakthrough-with-reasoning-ai-reveals-progress-framework/?ref=birchtree.me) if high-profile employees are jumping ship (or taking long breaks, in the case of Brockman) so easily. As AI developer Benjamin De Kraker [put it](https://x.com/BenjaminDEKR/status/1820633405244969250?ref=birchtree.me) on X, "If OpenAI is right on the verge of AGI, why do prominent people keep leaving?"

I stand by my opinion that LLMs are kinda useful in some cases but artificial general intelligence (AGI) is a looooong ways away.