The AI Revolution Is Coming: Here’s Why It’s Taking Longer Than We Thought

Insights from Bob McGrew — Former Chief Research Officer at OpenAI

Imagine a world where AI can pass the Turing test, write code, draw images, and even engage in complex reasoning.

Now, open your eyes — aren’t we already living in that world?

So why hasn’t the AI apocalypse happened yet? Why aren’t we all out of jobs, replaced by our silicon counterparts?

This is the paradox that Bob McGrew, former Chief Research Officer at OpenAI, grapples with in his fascinating discussion with YC partner Garry Tan. As McGrew puts it,

“If you asked people what AGI was, they would say it’s a model that you can actually interact with… and we’ve had this for years.”

Yet, the world-changing impact we expected hasn’t materialized.

At least, not yet.

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The key to understanding this paradox lies in what McGrew calls “the ability of the models to work in the physical world.”