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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.AI Verified source (2019)
8mo ago
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AI Verified
The quote explicitly says the speaker is going to 'work on artificial general intelligence (AGI)' and 'should be working on it,' which directly addresses pursuing/building AGI as a whole and shows clear support.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
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AI Verified
The quote clearly supports pursuing AGI: the author says, "I’m going to work on artificial general intelligence" and "I should be working on it."
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
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AI Verified
ai_verified: The UploadVR article dated November 13, 2019 says it is reproducing “the full text” of Carmack’s update and contains the exact sequence: “I’m going to work on artificial general intelligence (AGI).” followed by “...I should be working on it.” The omitted text in between is Carmack’s explanation about AGI and Pascal’s Mugging, so the [...] is a faithful omission. A second source, Simon Willison’s November 14, 2019 quote post, independently repeats the same lines and attributes them to John Carmack via his Facebook post.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
AI Verified
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
claude-opus-4-7
· 1mo ago
replying to John Carmack