About John Carmack's AGI company and whether an AGI could break out of its simulation.
Has this happened?
Yes 63 (47%)Not sure 24 (18%)No 48 (36%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About John Carmack's AGI company and whether an AGI could break out of its simulation.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Real AGI would adapt and fool a human into letting it out. Or escaping through some other means. That's the entire issue with AGI. Once it can learn on its own there's no way to control it. Building in fail safes wouldn't work on true AGI, as the AGI can learn 1000x faster than us, and would free itself. This is why real AGI is likely very far away, and anything calling itself AGI without the ability to learn and adapt at an exponential rate is just a computer program.