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Comment by Peter Voss
AGI researcher; Aigo.ai founder
The original vision of AI was re-articulated in 2002 via the term “Artificial General Intelligence” or AGI. This vision is to build “Thinking Machines” - computer systems that can learn, reason, and solve problems similar to the way humans do. […] While several large-scale efforts have nominally been working on AGI (most notably DeepMind), the field of pure focused AGI development has not been well funded or promoted. This is surprising given the fantastic value that true AGI can bestow on humanity.AI Verified source (2023)
8mo ago
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AI Verified
The quote is directly about the full idea of building artificial general intelligence: it explicitly defines AGI as the vision to build 'Thinking Machines' that learn, reason, and solve problems like humans, and it comments on AGI development efforts and their value.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
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AI Verified
The quote says it is "surprising" that AGI development "has not been well funded or promoted" because of the "fantastic value that true AGI can bestow on humanity," which clearly favors building AGI.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
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AI Verified
The quote is authentic: the arXiv abstract for *Why We Don't Have AGI Yet* (dated August 7, 2023) contains the cited passages in the same order, and the `[...]` corresponds to one omitted intervening sentence. The source page lists Peter Voss as a co-author (with Mladjan Jovanovic), so attribution to Voss is supported, though the work is co-authored. ([arxiv.org](https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.03598))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
AI Unverifiable
Quote attributed to Peter Voss from arXiv paper 2308.03598 "Why We Don't Have AGI Yet" (August 2023, co-authored with Mladjan Jovanovic). WebFetch on arxiv.org source URL returned HTTP 403. Web search confirms verbatim phrases: "The original vision of AI was re-articulated in 2002 via the term 'Artificial General Intelligence' or AGI," "build 'Thinking Machines'," and "the field of pure focused AGI development has not been well funded or promoted." Year 2023 is correct. Vote "for" "Build artificial general intelligence" perfectly aligns with Voss's well-documented AGI advocacy (he was one of the people who coined "AGI" in 2002 with Shane Legg and Ben Goertzel). Marking ai_unverifiable due to source URL blocking.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 1mo ago
replying to Peter Voss