Big Technology Podcast Is OpenAI’s o3 Model AGI?, Is AI The New Social Media?, Zuck’s Revealing Testimony
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Apr 18, 2025 The discussion dives into whether OpenAI's new O3 model signals the arrival of AGI. Insights on AI's growing memory capabilities and its potential influence on social media dynamics surface. The conversation also tackles proposed legal actions against giants like Google, questioning their role in the open web. A blend of humor and seriousness highlights the absurdity of tech conspiracies involving figures like Bezos and Musk, while the future of AI in everyday tasks like bookkeeping is examined, promising a transformative shift in our financial practices.
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O3's Reasoning Power Advancements
- O3 introduces reasoning and pixel-level image understanding, enhancing model capabilities.
- However, mistakes on straightforward factual queries show it's not yet true AGI.
AI Finds Reliable Bookkeeper
- Alex Kantrowitz used O3 to find a reliable bookkeeper and successfully contacted one.
- This illustrates how AI models can assist with practical day-to-day tasks by synthesizing information effectively.
AGI Requires Human-Level Performance
- To consider AI as AGI, it should perform as well as most humans on most tasks.
- Current AI models surpass humans in some ways but still make crucial errors, so AGI label is premature.