BAES 169: so is AGI actually here?

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Ben Cahn (0:24)

AGI is here, AGI is, I like to call it.

Emil DeRosa (0:26)

You can finally get sucked off by the robots, they did it.

SPEAKER_3 (0:29)

Yes.

Ben Cahn (0:30)

I can't wait. The humanity is saved, you don't need money anymore. Like Elon says, what else? We're going to space and we're going to live forever. We're going to live until 120

Emil DeRosa (0:40)

They've changed the nature of work forever once again.

Ben Cahn (0:49)

This is boring as hell. Why?

Emil DeRosa (0:51)

But like apparently they have, when you look at the legit numbers, they've made modest gains. Like on the benchmarking gains over their last model, Seoul, it's like 61.2 versus 60.9 on a broad intelligence index.

Ben Cahn (1:05)

They're doing what they always do, which is this time for real, you guys.

Emil DeRosa (1:11)

We know we've said it before.

Ben Cahn (1:12)

We know we've said it a hundred thousand times before.

Emil DeRosa (1:15)

You could see the app stores getting flooded with all these new apps, but you're not seeing them get downloaded. I've done that. I've had it create me a little thing for- Tennis ball app? Yeah. Just show me a bunch of pictures of tennis balls, please.

Ooh, nice.

Ben Cahn (1:29)

Next. Big and small. Yeah, next.

What's going on, ladies and gentlemen? Yeah, indeed, what is going on?

Emil DeRosa (2:03)

What the hell is happening?

Ben Cahn (2:04)

What the heck is going on out there? Well, you came to the right place. If you want to find out, I'm Ben.

Emil DeRosa (2:09)

I'm Emil.

Ben Cahn (2:10)

That's Emil. And this week, we are talking all about OpenAI's new Astra, which they're saying.

Emil DeRosa (2:18)

We're talking about how AGI is here, baby.

Ben Cahn (2:20)

AGI is here, AGI, as I like to call it.

Emil DeRosa (2:22)

You can finally get sucked off by the robots. They did it.

Ben Cahn (2:24)

Yes, I can't wait.

Emil DeRosa (2:26)

Stop worrying, stop trying to find a girlfriend. They did it.

Ben Cahn (2:30)

They did it. Humanity is saved. You don't need money anymore. Like Elon says, what else? We're going to space and we're going to live forever. If we're going to live until 120

Emil DeRosa (2:42)

I like imagining them creating AGI so good that the robot is so human that the incels start disliking their robot girlfriends.

Ben Cahn (2:54)

Because they reject them too.

Emil DeRosa (2:55)

They expect too much from them?

Ben Cahn (2:56)

Yeah. They're so accurate that they, yeah, that they reject them. That's pretty good.

And also we're going to talk about this brand new, holy God, what a sleeper startup that just burst onto the scene bursting at the seams.

Emil DeRosa (3:11)

It has to do with the whole AGI thing we've got.

Ben Cahn (3:14)

We're talking about instinct, instinct. And contrary to, I got on it.

Emil DeRosa (3:18)

I tracked down an invite code and I got on it.

Ben Cahn (3:20)

Oh, I can't wait to hear about this.

Emil DeRosa (3:21)

Well, I'll tell you why it's not that exciting.

Ben Cahn (3:25)

Well, before we get into it, we posted a new Ben and Emil on video. It's been a while and we got a green screen set up here and we finally, we got new stuff all for you. So go check it out.

Emil DeRosa (3:37)

It's very fun.

Ben Cahn (3:38)

It's very fun. It's Ben and Emil on Smoking and you can support the show at benandemileshow.com. That would be nice of you. Also, our Q&A is going to be up this week, probably tomorrow for you, Friday for us, which is still Friday for everybody.

And well, okay, then we're off to the races.

Emil DeRosa (3:57)

Let's get off to the races. Let's go straight Astra on these boys.

Ben Cahn (4:01)

Should we watch the ad first?

Emil DeRosa (4:03)

That's probably a good way to start. That's probably a good way to start. It's unfortunately two minutes and 43 seconds.

Ben Cahn (4:07)

And it says, this is GPT-6 Astra. Anything you can do on a computer, Astra can do for you fast. And all the nerds this weekend, all the AI guys and stuff, we're all just like, they're doing what they always do, which is this time for real, you guys.