Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says ‘I think we’ve achieved AGI’
Summary
During an appearance on the Lex Fridman podcast, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang controversially stated, "I think we’ve achieved AGI," referring to artificial general intelligence, which is typically defined as AI surpassing human intelligence. Host Lex Fridman defined AGI as an AI capable of starting, growing, and running a successful tech company worth over $1 billion, and asked Huang for a timeline, to which Huang responded, "I think it’s now."
Huang cited the viral success of the open-source AI agent platform OpenClaw, noting that people are using individual AI agents for various tasks, suggesting potential for unexpected successes like digital influencers or unique social applications. However, Huang later appeared to temper his assertion, acknowledging that many such projects fade after initial interest, stating that the odds of 100,000 of those agents building Nvidia are "zero percent."
(Source:The Verge)