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AI 2040: A Skeptical Look at the Cult of Intelligence

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Hacker News ·

George Hotz critiques the hype around artificial general intelligence, arguing that current AI progress is overestimated. He predicts that by 2040, AI will remain narrow and specialized, not the superintelligence many expect. The post calls for a more grounded, engineering-focused approach to AI development.

Meridian48 take
Hotz's contrarian take is a useful reality check against the breathless AGI timelines from industry leaders, but his own predictions are just as speculative.
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