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Computer scientist who collaborated with Shane Legg on a book about machine learning systems and helped develop early AGI terminology.
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OpenClaw – Amazing Hands for a Brain That Doesn't Yet Exist
Ben Goertzel SubstackopinioncautiousFeb 3, 2026
OpenClaw is a powerful tool that extends AI capabilities through better integration with software systems, but it does not represent AGI or solve fundamental limitations in current LLMs around abstraction and generalization.
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Why "Everyone Dies" Gets AGI All Wrong
bengoertzel.substack.comopinionnegativeNov 3, 2025
Eliezer Yudkowsky's repeated argument that 'everyone dies' if anyone builds AGI misunderstands AGI development realities, contradicts his own stated belief that he could build safe AGI, and has remained unchanged for 15-20 years despite real-world progress in the field.
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Jensen Huang told Lex Fridman 'I think we've achieved AGI'
FortunemixedApr 5, 2026
“Computer scientist who collaborated with Shane Legg on a book about machine learning systems and helped develop early AGI terminology.”