What Paul Graham thinks about AGI
Co-founder of Y Combinator and Viaweb; essayist at paulgraham.com.
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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Paul Graham has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsThe skeptics who say AI can't conjecture, can't theorize, and can't explain are describing last spring's models.
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Our readingAGI is not a finish line to be crossed but a smear with width, and we are already standing on it.
Their wordssome bits of AI are way across the finish line, some bits are like maybe in the middle of it. Who knew the line had dimension? The finish line is actually this sort of smear. And I think the best answer you can give is like we're on the smear.
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