Goalposts

Hacker News has set AI a lot of challenges over the years. Which ones has it met?

2024 JulyPinkthinker

About OpenAI's five-level roadmap from current AI to AGI.

I’m guessing that he is still thinking in terms of LLMs. We know they cannot do precise things like coding software since humans will never be able to use natural language to specify their requirements. Even pseudocode is not precise and detailed enough.

AGI will have to come from another direction

An LLM precisely codes software from requirements specified in natural language.

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