Nilay Patel

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420 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2026 last heard 5d ago

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Apple News Today · The AI warnings are getting louder. Here’s what you need to know. · 19 Sep 2026 podcast

We should take that very seriously. voice-verified

That is still not the computers are sentient. voice-verified

Right. voice-verified

It's a very long road from here to there. voice-verified

So there's no standardized industry definition of AGI. voice-verified

It's just a thing that all the CEOs like to talk about because it's their goal. voice-verified

The people who who are working on AI are very invested in the idea that they can build a computerized intelligence that will outperform humans on many tasks, maybe every task. voice-verified

And that's the general part of artificial general intelligence. voice-verified

That you just have an intelligence that can do anything a human can do better than a human can do it. voice-verified

The way that, for example, OpenAI defines it is outperforms humans on economically viable tasks. voice-verified

And the reason they say that is. voice-verified

Because they need to sell AI to a bunch of businesses. voice-verified

And so of course you need it to be better at humans and economically viable tasks. voice-verified

Greg Brockman, the president of OpenAI, when he launched their new model, he basically said, I think we're here. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

I think this model can do a bunch of economically viable tasks. voice-verified

I think AGI is here now. voice-verified

You tell me. voice-verified

All the reporters on the call are like, wait, are you did you just announce AGI? voice-verified

And he's like, I don't know, I think so. voice-verified

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