AGI: The Dream We Should Never Reach (Ep. 296)
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AGI: The Dream We Should Never Reach (Ep. 296)

45:41 Jan 10, 2026
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Also on YouTube   Two AI experts who actually love the technology explain why chasing AGI might be the worst thing for AI's future—and why the current hype cycle could kill the field we're trying to save. Want to dive deeper? Head to datascienceathome.com for detailed show notes, code examples, and exclusive deep-dives into the papers we discuss.   Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly breakdowns of cutting-edge research delivered straight to your inbox—no fluff, just science! ? Join the conversation! Our Discord community is full of ML engineers, researchers, and AI enthusiasts discussing papers, sharing projects, and helping each other level up. Whether you're debugging your first neural net or training your tenth transformer, there's a place for you. Link in the show notes! ? Newsletter https://datascienceathome.substack.com/subscribe Website https://datascienceathome.com     References CEO is obsolete AI is the new blockchain Dr Eliseo Ferrante NYU https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/academics/divisions/science/faculty/eliseo-ferrante.html    
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