We are closer than ever to artificial systems that outperform humans on narrow tasks. But let’s not mistake capability for consciousness – or prediction for perception.
In our race toward Artificial General Intelligence, have we defined the destination too narrowly? Have we mistaken scale for sentience, and computation for cognition?
In the latest essay in my One Big Thought series, I challenge the foundational assumptions behind how major tech companies – Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Apple, Oracle, Microsoft, Xai, and others – are pursuing AGI and superintelligence.
I argue that we are building systems that may be smarter and faster, but not truly conscious – and that without curiosity, embodiment, creativity, and reflection, we will never cross that threshold.
True intelligence is not the ability to solve any problem. It is the capacity to pose your own.
To actually think.
True intelligence is not AGI or superintelligence, but what I would call "Artificial Human Intelligence" or AHI.
This letter is not a rejection of progress. It’s a call to go deeper. To think differently. To imagine that the next great breakthrough in AI might not be a faster model – but a quieter, stranger thing: a machine that dreams and wonders.
I welcome your thoughts, your critiques, and your vision for what AHI could, and should, be.
Enjoy!