Has OpenAI's o3 Achieved AGI?

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• How to Run AI Models Locally

• OpenAI's o3 Stuns Experts

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🔥 OpenAI's o3 Stuns Experts with Human-Like Intelligence

OpenAI’s o3 model, now equipped with full tool usage, has skyrocketed to the top of AI benchmarks—sparking a fierce debate: Is this AGI?

🔹 Tyler Cowen (Economist): "On a vast array of topics, it wipes the floor with humans."

🔹 John Hallman (AI Trainer): "I see the light at the end of the tunnel—tempted to call this AGI."

🔹 Derya Unutmaz (Immunologist): "At or near genius level."

But skeptics remain:

❌ Still fails simple logic puzzles & color-matching tasks.

❌ Inconsistent reasoning in edge cases.

❌ Turing Test (GPT-4.5 scored 73%)—close, but not perfect.

📊 How o3 Stacks Up Against Humans

🤔 Is This AGI? The Case For & Against

✅ The "Yes" Camp:

• Outperforms experts in niche domains (coding, medicine, math, investing).

• Passes Turing Test variants convincingly.

• Self-improving reasoning with tool integration.

❌ The "No" Camp:

• Lacks true understanding—just pattern recognition at scale.

• Fails trivial tasks (e.g., "Is a tomato a fruit?" debates).

• No consciousness—just really good autocomplete.

🔮 What’s Next?

• Will o4 cross the AGI threshold?

• Can Gemini 2.5 Flash or Claude 4 compete?

• Regulatory battles—if this is AGI, how do we control it?

💬 Your Take?

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