The Questions · the second mind · Controlism
But what about AGI?
The argument runs on a date — five years, twenty, never. Every version of it is arguing about when, and nobody has settled what would count.
AGI is two words wearing one coat — capability and selfhood.
Only one of them is on the roadmap.
The question was never when. It was what would even count.
What this settles
So the forecasts are measuring the half that is being built and reporting it as though it were the other half. Capability is on a curve anyone can watch. Selfhood is not on the curve at all, and nobody is claiming it is.
Not this question
How would we know if AI woke up?
Also in this footing, and a different question. That one gives the test. This one says the argument has been about the wrong word.
Also asked as
- Is AGI actually coming?
Where this is worked out
The AI Framework
Is AGI actually coming?
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The someone test
Whether there is anybody in there, and the one signal that would show it — not how much it can do, but whether it can refuse itself. All 3 questions here have been worked through.