Wang predicts AGI is at least four or more years away
Alexandr Wang · Why Human Data is Key to AI: Alexandr Wang from Scale AI · Sep 24, 2024 · at 34:22
Scale AI founder and CEO Alexandr Wang estimates the timeline to achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) during an interview with a16z General Partner David George.
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“It's not, like, imminent. It's not, like, immediately on the horizon. So, you know, on the order of, you know, four plus years but you can see the glimmers, and, you know, depending on the algorithmic innovation cycles that we talked about before, You know, could make that much sooner.”
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