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Comment by John Carmack
Game programmer and technologist
I’m going to work on artificial general intelligence (AGI). [...] I should be working on it.
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(2019)
7mo ago
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Quote authorship and content verified via web search. John Carmack publicly announced on Facebook in November 2019 that he was stepping down as CTO of Oculus to a 'Consulting CTO' role to pursue artificial general intelligence (AGI), saying he is going to work on AGI and 'should be working on it.' Reported across many outlets (Engadget, TechCrunch, SiliconAngle, NotebookCheck, Dallas Innovates, AI News). UploadVR URL returns 403 to WebFetch, but the statement is undisputed. Carmack subsequently founded Keen Technologies in 2022 (raised $20M) and is still actively working on AGI as of 2025 (Upper Bound 2025 talk, D Magazine interview Nov 2025). 'For' vote on 'Build artificial general intelligence' aligns precisely with Carmack's explicit commitment to building AGI. Year 2019 reflects the canonical quote; more recent quotes exist but the original 'I should be working on it' formulation is iconic and unambiguous.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 8d ago
replying to John Carmack