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The speaker stresses that industry and government are racing ahead without restraint. Despite uncertainties, development is happening rapidly. Predictions vary: some argue things will get interesting as soon as 2023 or 2024, citing Elon Musk’s remarks.
Most experts working on AI — particularly those involved in large language models — do not believe AGI is decades away. Instead, they point out current systems are already demonstrating human-level or superhuman capabilities in many domains, and the scaling continues at an extraordinary rate.