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Tyler Cowen

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Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

I think that's not appreciated.

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Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

So if Patrick Hsu decides, you know, Silvana, Kahneman, Patrick Collison, if they decide, you know, something ought to be bought or purchased or set in motion, you know, it can happen in less than a day.

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Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

And it does happen basically immediately.

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Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

It's not only that it's quicker.

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Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

I think when you have quicker decisions, they're better and it's infectious to the people you're working with.

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Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

There's an understanding that the core environment is not a bureaucratic one.

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Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

It has a multiplier effect through the institution.

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Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

Anything you want to amplify on that?

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Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

Look, if I ask it economics questions and I'm trained as an economist, it beats me.

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Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

So I don't care if other people don't call it AGI, but one of the original definitions of AGI was that it would beat most experts most of the time on most matters, say 90% or above.

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Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

And we're there.

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Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

So people keep on shifting the goalposts.

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Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

They'll say, well, sometimes it hallucinates or it's not very good at playing tic-tac-toe or, you know, there's always another complaint.

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Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

Those are not irrelevant, but I'll just say, sit down, you know, have someone write out a test of 20 questions.

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Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

You're a PhD.

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Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

You take the test.

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Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

Let O3 take the test.

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Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

Then have someone grade.

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Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

See how you've done.

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Tyler Cowen: The Prototypic Polymath

Then form your opinion.