About whether ChatGPT can reason and apply knowledge, or is nowhere near AGI.
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Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether ChatGPT can reason and apply knowledge, or is nowhere near AGI.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
ChatGPT cannot reason from or apply its knowledge - it is nowhere near AGI.
For example, it can describe concepts like risk neutral pricing and replication of derivatives but it cannot apply that logic to show how to replicate something non-trivial (i.e., not repeating well published things).