Ethan Mollick says Claude Fable 5.2 is almost AGI but falls short
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Ethan Mollick, writing in his One Useful Thing newsletter, says Claude Fable 5.2 is "almost" artificial general intelligence under his own limited definition, which he calls Jagged AGI. He reached that view after testing the model on hardware hacking, business planning, academic research, creative projects, and a 3D world project.
Mollick says the model did not notice when its own work was joyless, overlong, or bureaucratic, so he had to catch those problems himself.
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AIEthan Mollick tested Claude Fable 5.2 on hardware hacking, business planning, academic research, creative projects, and a 3D world project. He concludes it is "almost" AGI under his limited definition, a view he calls Jagged AGI. He says the model failed to notice when its own work was joyless, overlong, or bureaucratic, which fell to him to catch.
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