What I Learned About AGI at a NYC Meetup (And Why We're Not Ready)
I logged into a Google Meet expecting the usual tech meetup optimism. What I found instead was something more sobering—a virtual room full of AI researchers, engineers, and enthusiasts genuinely wrestling with whether we’re prepared for what’s coming next. The New York Artificial Intelligence Meetup Group hosted an in-depth virtual seminar on AGI—“AGI: What, When, How…and Are We Ready?"—and the conversations that emerged were both fascinating and unsettling. Here’s what stuck with me from that evening online. ...