"Peter Steinberger, the creator of OpenClaw, the now-viral personal AI assistant powering the agent-only social network, Moltbook, told the Y Combinator podcast on Saturday that he thinks the best AI is specialized, not generalized. "What can one human being actually achieve? Do you think one human being could make an iPhone or one human being could go to space?" he said. "As a group we specialize, as a larger society we specialize even more.""
"In Silicon Valley, many investors, founders, and tech giants often frame AI as an all-powerful force - something approaching omniscience. They call it artificial general intelligence, or AGI, a hypothetical system capable of matching or exceeding human reasoning across virtually all tasks and, beyond that, superintelligence, which would surpass human cognition altogether. AGI is the thing OpenAI and its competitors are racing to be the first to bring to life."
Many in Silicon Valley portray AI as a pathway to artificial general intelligence (AGI) and superintelligence, hypothetical systems that could match or exceed human reasoning across nearly all tasks. Practical progress is occurring through specialized, task-focused AI systems rather than a single general intelligence. AI development mirrors human and societal specialization: groups and organizations concentrate expertise to build complex artifacts. Current models marketed as 'general' are often specialized for particular problems, such as solving advanced mathematics or identifying gene mutations. Startups and labs are building subject-specific intelligences, including efforts targeting advanced math and genomic design, emphasizing focused capabilities over broad generality.
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