Amjad Masad & Adam D’Angelo: How Far Are We From AGI?
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62 min
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Economics & Policy
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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.
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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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