Saying you're close to AGI is a pretty good marketing move to sell consumer products though.

That's how you go bankrupt before reaching your goal. "Close" doesn't necessarily mean next week close.

What if you think the timeframe is accelerated based on the number of ML engineers you hired over a > 5 year timeframe say?

If that's the case you need to optimize for hiring more ML engineers so you need revenue to bring in to pay them.

> If I genuinely thought I was close to AGI

As a great founder once said: "Work towards your goal, but you must ship intermediate products."

Who said that?

> Who said that?

George Hotz

What if close is 5 years close, how would you survive 5 years with the current investment rate/costs?