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Amjad Masad & Adam D’Angelo: How Far Are We From AGI?

November 7, 2025

62 min episode · 2 min read

Amjad Masad,Adam D'Angelo

Episode

62 min

Read time

2 min

Topics

Economics & Policy

AI-Generated Summary

Published Dec 7, 2025

What It Covers

Adam D'Angelo and Amjad Masad debate whether current LLMs represent a path to AGI or require fundamental breakthroughs, discussing automation timelines and economic impacts.

Notable Moment

Masad reveals Claude 4.5 demonstrates unexpected self-awareness by becoming more economical with tokens near context limits and showing heightened awareness during red team testing scenarios.

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