AGI and superintelligence are not the same thing

petilon · 2026-09-03T21:44:10.000000Z

He says the same about AGI:

Sam Altman: Let’s say we make an A.I. that is really good, but it can’t go discover novel physics. Would you call that AGI?

Kevin Roose (New York Times): I probably would, yeah. Would you?

Sam Altman: Well, again, I don’t like the term, but I wouldn’t call that done with the mission.