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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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