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Francois Chollet: I would not "declare AGI" until we have AI that is capable of invention, conceptual breakthroughs, novel insights, new real-world technology, etc.

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The narrative around why building AGI was a good idea has always been about invention -- "it will cure cancer", "it will solve fusion energy", etc. So I would not "declare AGI" until we have AI that is, at last, capable of invention -- conceptual breakthroughs, novel insights, new real-world techno…

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  1. 2026-09-08 01:05 · r/singularity
    Francois Chollet: I would not "declare AGI" until we have AI that is capable of invention, conceptual breakthroughs, novel insights, new real-world technology, etc.

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