Steven Levy
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Hi, Mat, this is a really good story, but the fantastic short history somehow omitted the person who first named and defined AGI. Fortunately, I wrote a column about it. www.wired.com/story/the-ma...
The Man Who Invented AGI
Everyone is obsessed with artificial general intelligence—the stage when AI can match all feats of human cognition. The guy who named it saw it as a threat.
www.wired.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Hi, Mat, this is a really good story, but the fantastic short history somehow omitted the person who first named and defined AGI. Fortunately, I wrote a column about it. www.wired.com/story/the-ma...
Put aside whether you read the story— did you read the dek? Jeez.
November 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Put aside whether you read the story— did you read the dek? Jeez.
I wouldn’t say we “got on.” I was one of a cluster around him as he made dyspeptic comments. Here’s the poster for the event.
September 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I wouldn’t say we “got on.” I was one of a cluster around him as he made dyspeptic comments. Here’s the poster for the event.
Also the party was in Philadelphia. Burroughs had done a poetry reading and was dragged to some house party afterwards. (No one called them after-parties then.) He held court in the kitchen.
September 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Also the party was in Philadelphia. Burroughs had done a poetry reading and was dragged to some house party afterwards. (No one called them after-parties then.) He held court in the kitchen.
I loved that game!
September 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I loved that game!