Work on large language models is not progress toward artificial general intelligence, because the models do not understand what they read.

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• Language models are already a form of AGI; what the labs are chasing is a further step, not the arrival of general intelligence. NLNathan Lambert3 Feb 2025measuring intelligenceAGILLMs
• The memorize-fetch-apply paradigm behind LLMs can reach arbitrary skill given training data, but it cannot adapt to novelty or acquire new skills on the fly. FCFrançois Chollet20 Dec 2024measuring intelligenceLLMsOpenAI
• A true artificial general intelligence cannot exist without being recognized as a moral subject. SHSamuel Hammond10 Jun 2025measuring intelligenceAGI
• AGI research made no progress in its first six decades. DDDavid Deutsch3 Oct 2012measuring intelligenceAGI
• The LLM line of research will reach a capability plateau. GMGary Marcus7 Jun 2025measuring intelligenceLLMs

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