Aren’t we past the point of needing benchmarks? If we’re as close to AGI as Sam says then the proof should be in the pudding. OpenAI should build a competing CRM / Figma / Photoshop with a couple dozen engineers and a Dyson sphere’s worth of compute and just prove the capabilities.
This all feels like a 2024 re-run. Oh, ChatGPT is going to cure cancer? Then find ONE rare cancer and CURE IT. OpenAI has access to the best models and compute - so cure fucking cancer! What the fuck are you waiting for?
Yeh I totally agree. I’d go one step further and say even if one of these models cured cancer it’s still only going to have done it in a computer-y way doing computer stuff. Can that same model experience a beautiful landscape and convey its emotions in an evocative way, could it tell how you’re feeling when you come back from work after a hard day? Could it hop on one leg? What the hell even is AGI and how does it differ from GI? I don’t know what we’re even talking about any more!
If OpenAI cures ANY form of cancer then I will admit I was wrong.
Until then all we have is a lot of hot air coming out of Sam and Dario’s asses
Are you familiar with the Rosie the dog story?
AI designs cancer vaccine for dog but scientists says red tape a barrier for human care
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-22/australian-dog-cancer...
People have already been using ChatGPT to design custom bespoke mRNA vaccines specifically for one patient, based on sequencing their specific cancer. It already works to reduce tumours. Sam and Dario know this, it's why they can make their claims - it's already done. The problem is the cost of the procedure (which is why only rich entrepreneurs are seeing their cancers treated this way so far) and government regulations preventing its use in wider human populations without a 10 year study first.