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Re:AI will replace middle management before robots replace h... by tomrod on Thursday October 20, 2022 @01:01AM (#33271002)
You have succinctly encapsulated my thoughts on AGI.

AGI faces an extrapolation gap.

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Re:AI will replace middle management before robots replace h... by chii on Thursday October 20, 2022 @01:15AM (#33271076)
but it's currently true because we don't have AGI.

An AGI would be able to solve the problem that currently are being solved by middle management - optimization and decision making in the face of incomplete information.

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Re:AI will replace middle management before robots replace h... by TedDoesntTalk on Thursday October 20, 2022 @01:08AM (#33271037)
What is AGI?
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Re:AI will replace middle management before robots replace h... by grzm on Thursday October 20, 2022 @01:09AM (#33271045)
Artificial General Intelligence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligenc...

> Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is the ability of an intelligent agent to understand or learn any intellectual task that a human being can.

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Re:AI will replace middle management before robots replace h... by croon on Thursday October 20, 2022 @02:44AM (#33271558)
AI that as a term hasn't been coopted every 20 years by technology that's (while useful) not actually AI.
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