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Technologist Argues AGI Has Arrived as Benchmark Costs Surpass Product Sales

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Susan Zhang@suchenzang#59inAI

agi happened when the opportunity cost of producing a meaningful frontier benchmark far far far exceeded simply* building and selling the product-benchmark directly

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*simply here does not imply simple, trivial, or easy

11:46 PM · Jun 8, 2026 · 5.7K Views
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Many users sarcastically dismissed the technologist's claim that AGI has arrived as mere progress theatre driven by impossible tasks and naive efforts.

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Susan Zhang@suchenzang

reminder to one day tell the tale involving a nonsensically impossible task, a few clever-by-half lemmings, and a series of comically naive power moves orchestrated through disappearing messages, weak political alliances, and a weaponized HR team

Susan Zhang@suchenzang

agi happened when the opportunity cost of producing a meaningful frontier benchmark far far far exceeded simply* building and selling the product-benchmark directly

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*simply here does not imply simple, trivial, or easy

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@suchenzang Benchmarks are part of the theatre of distribution. Product benchmarks come cross more tangible to enterprise buyers anyway so it seem's like a natural convergence imo

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Jacoiii@wherpz

@suchenzang Love a bit of ‘progress’ theatre 🎭

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