The AGI Tipping Point: Are We Already Too Late?
Artificial General Intelligence isn’t coming in 50 years, it could be here in five. If you think that’s an exaggeration, so did the journalists who laughed at the idea of social media influencing elections. How’d that turn out?
AGI isn’t science fiction anymore. AI has already surpassed humans in math, coding, and diagnostics, and top researchers believe AGI could emerge before the end of this decade.
Tech giants are pouring hundreds of billions into AI, racing to control the economic and military power it will bring.
Skeptics dismiss it as hype, but insiders are alarmed, warning that change is arriving faster than expected. Unlike social media’s gradual disruption, AGI will hit like an earthquake; shaking industries, rewriting geopolitics, and replacing jobs, not just assisting them within months, not decades.
- Industry leaders from OpenAI to DeepMind are openly preparing for AGI.
- Reasoning AI models like OpenAI’s o1 are already solving problems once thought impossible.
- AI-generated economic value is projected in the trillions, with major nations treating it as a strategic asset.
Denial isn’t an option. Do we shape AGI’s arrival, or wait until it shapes us? We need governance, infrastructure, and public awareness—fast. What’s the first step we should take to ensure we stay in control?
Read the full article on Australian Financial Review.
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