# Bad Influence story: Ethan Mollick says Claude Fable 5.2 is almost AGI but falls short

Active · 2 articles · 2 sources · First reported 11-09 14:04. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/2e6aa4e3-5fa5-4222-8a40-6d800773c74c

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Latest update (11-09 14:10): Ethan Mollick says Fable 5.2 crosses into jagged AGI

Overview: Ethan Mollick says Claude Fable 5.2 is "almost" artificial general intelligence under his own definition, which he calls Jagged AGI. In his One Useful Thing newsletter, he reports 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. In a separate X post, he says he had early access to Fable 5.2 and judges that it crosses into a sort of jagged AGI, citing a business launch, academic research, hardware hacking and 3D model building as examples of both its limits and its strengths.

Coverage timeline (newest first):
1. 11-09 14:10 · Ethan Mollick · [Ethan Mollick says Fable 5.2 crosses into jagged AGI](https://badinfluence.news/items/wkwed7b5pv29jltiqu31qnguk)
2. 11-09 14:04 · One Useful Thing (Ethan Mollick) · [Ethan Mollick says Claude Fable 5.2 is almost AGI but still falls short](https://badinfluence.news/items/h6krvpo4sh26urkdevctcd2nn)
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