About what it would take to convince a parent that AI is truly general.
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Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About what it would take to convince a parent that AI is truly general.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
I will happily shout AGI from the rooftops the day I can turn on voice mode in ChatGPT and have the model calm down my toddler for a tantrum, or keep him from opening all the bananas instead of eating one.
People in this thread arguing about AGI relating to Einstein problems and physics. Yeah no. When AI can handle toddlers then we're getting somewhere.