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I think that somewhat depends on your definition.

For example an AGI AI could give you a detailed plan that tells you exactly how to do any and every task. But it might not be able to actually do the task itself, for example manual labor jobs for which an AI simply cannot do unless it also "builds" itself a form-factor to be able to do the job.

The AGI could also just determine that it's cheaper to hire a human than to build a robot at any given point for a job that it can't yet do physically and it would be the AGI





I think might even be simpler than that. It's about the cost. Nobody is going to pay for AI to replace humans if it costs more.

All of us in this sub-thread consider ourselves "AGI", but we cannot do any job. In theory we can, I guess. But in practical terms, at what cost? Assuming none of us are truck drivers, if someone was looking for a truck driver, they wouldn't hire us because it take too long for us to get a license, certified, learn, etc. Even though in theory we probably do it eventually.




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