If AGI Means Everything People Do... What is it That People Do?
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And Why Are Today’s "PhD" AIs So Hard To Apply To Everyday Tasks?
If AGI Means Everything People Do... What is it That People Do? And Why Are Today’s "PhD" AIs So Hard To Apply To Everyday Tasks? Steve Newman Feb 27, 2025 38 13 7 Share “Strange how AI may solve the Riemann hypothesis 1 before it can reliably plan me a weekend trip to Boston” – Jack Morris There’s a huge disconnect between AI performance on benchmark tests, and its applicability to real-world tasks. It’s not that the tests are wrong; it’s that they only measure things that are easy to measure. People go around arguing that AIs which can do everything people can do may arrive as soon as next y
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