Andreessen argues that models like GPT-5.5, Claude 4.6 and Gemini 3.0 are now \u201cas smart as a person,\u201d concluding that AGI is no longer coming soon but rather it\u2019s already here as of 2026.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Speaking with Joe Rogan, the leader and former software engineer explained that \u201c99% of the time, the answer that I\u2019m getting from the AI\u2026 is better than I would get from talking to basically almost any expert I have access to.\u201d<\/p>\n Latest Videos From Instead of crediting one single model provider with having reached the momentous milestone, he stated that multiple industry leaders reached the same point at the same time, a few months before the interview (in the first half of 2026).<\/p>\n The result is a system that behaves like a world-class doctor, lawyer, programmer and more, combining the fluidity of reasoning and problem solving with the ability to recall enormous amounts of information in an instant.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n Indicating that the definition of AGI has been evolving in recent years, he cited the Turing Test, which served as the gold standard of AI achievement for around six decades. With the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, \u201cwe blew right through the\u2026 test.\u201d<\/p>\n But despite ongoing achievements, Andreessen claims that society failed to stop and appreciate how significant this is, causing the public to vastly underestimate how quickly AI is progressing.<\/p>\n OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has also been an influential speaker in the AGI area, though he\u2019s yet to acknowledge that GPT models have officially achieved this status. The nearest the OpenAI CEO has come to noting this landmark occasion is to refer to GPT-5.5 as \u201cautistic general intelligence\u201d in an X post<\/a> \u2013 a mockery that shares the same initialism as \u2018artificial general intelligence\u2019.<\/p>\n In a January 2025 blog post<\/a>, he declared: \u201cWe are now confident we know how to build AGI as we have traditionally understood it.\u201d<\/p>\n In other words, while Andreessen believes AGI is here, Altman now proposes that AGI, a fluid milestone, is no longer so significant in AI\u2019s timeline.<\/p>\n What to read next<\/p>\n AGI\u2019s future and the \u2018AI vampire\u2019<\/p>\n In the interview, Andreessen also writes off any concerns that AI will replace human jobs, likening the revolution to electricity, computers and, later, the Internet. Overall demand will continue to expand as productivity continues to grow, but workers could be affected in other ways.<\/p>\n He specifically mentioned the \u2018AI vampire\u2019, where many workers could actually end up working more to produce more, to the point that many are becoming addicted to producing more work and sleeping less.<\/p>\n Importantly, though, Andreessen sees AGI powering the real-world implementation of AI: robotics. Specifically referring to Tesla\u2019s explicit and near-exclusive use of cameras in self-driving, he explains how Musk\u2019s companies are on track to introduce physical AI through Tesla\u2019s autonomy, xAI\u2019s conversational intelligence and Optimus\u2019 humanoid embodiment.<\/p>\n Just weeks ago in an X post<\/a>, Altman expressed excitement about AGI accelerating research, companies and citizens in achieving their goals.<\/p>\n While Marc Andreessen asserts that AGI has already arrived, industry figures like Sam Altman maintain a more cautious stance on the milestone. One thing is clear though \u2013 the focus is now shifting toward the practical implications of computer intelligence as it transcends into the physical world.<\/p>\n \n Follow TechRadar on Google News<\/a> and add us as a preferred source<\/a> to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GPT-5.5, Claude 4.6, Gemini 3.0 all made AGI a reality simultaneouslyChatGPT smashed the Turing Test years ago when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":627293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-627292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/media\/img\/techradar_logo_v2.svg\"){kind=logo}
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