About whether today's reasoning models would have counted as AGI in 1990.
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Yes 35 (27%)Not sure 33 (25%)No 62 (48%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether today's reasoning models would have counted as AGI in 1990.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
At least for me, my litmus test (today) would require an AGI model to respond with "huh I really don't know" instead of confidently making up garbage when it, in fact, has no clue.
I don't think I'd have expected differently even in 1990.