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OpinionEthan Mollick · XRelayed· @emollick·· 7 days ago

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Astra and Opus 5 beat Montezuma's Revenge, but Metaculus AGI bet remains unresolved

Who
Ethan Mollick
What
noted that Opus 5 also beat Montezuma's Revenge Opus 5's performance in Montezuma's Revenge

What happened

Ethan Mollick says Astra and Opus 5 both beat Montezuma's Revenge, but resolving the AGI bet also requires AI to win a discontinued prize resembling a weak Turing Test. He says Metaculus has decided to recreate the test to confirm that criterion is met. In the quoted post, Metaculus says GPT-6 Astra beat the game last month, but its “weakly general AI” question, launched in 2020, remains unresolved.

The story so far

Ethan Mollick said Astra and Opus 5 both beat Montezuma’s Revenge, but Metaculus’s “weakly general AI” question remains unresolved. In the post Mollick quoted, Metaculus said GPT-6 Astra beat the game last month. Mollick said resolving the bet also requires AI to win a discontinued prize involving a test resembling a weak Turing Test. He said Metaculus has decided to recreate that test to confirm whether the criterion has been met.

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