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One critical insight emerging from these breakthroughs is that the path to ASI appears more gradual and iterative than previously envisioned. Unlike the dramatic singularity moments often depicted in sci-fi, current progress indicates a product-focused and incremental approach, with many iterations paving the way toward increasingly capable systems.
OpenAI's development of PhD-level agents, coupled with DeepSeek's autonomous models, suggesting a "shot to ASI" without intermediate products, adds to this perspective. Instead of waiting decades for a single breakthrough, the advancements happening month by month accelerate expectations that ASI could be imminent—potentially within the next two years.