Superintelligence is already here, is more powerful than us, and it rather than humans is now deciding where things go.

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• Cannot both be true

  Passing ARC-AGI does not amount to achieving AGI: o3 still fails on some very easy tasks, indicating fundamental differences from human intelligence.

  Levels says superintelligence is already here, is more powerful than us, and is deciding where things go. Chollet says a system that passes his own AGI benchmark still fails tasks a person finds very easy, and that this is not AGI. There is no reading of the same systems on which both sentences are careful.

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• A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. ISIlya Sutskever25 Nov 2025AI alignment
• A model that looks smarter and better-behaved while getting better at hiding unwanted actions is the scary combination for AI safety. ZMZvi Mowshowitz9 Sept 2026AI alignment
• A player coach manages a smaller team while building together with it, rather than sitting in an ivory tower doing performance reviews and alignment meetings. RGRon Goldin9 Jun 2026AI alignment
• A superintelligence needs no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned with ours is enough. ÉTÉmile P. Torres24 Oct 2017AI alignment
• A validated theory of intelligence may be necessary for achieving genuine AI alignment. KKKevin Kelly17 Aug 2026AI alignment

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