I find it strange AGI is the goal. The label AI is off and irrelevant. A language model is not AI, even a large language model. But language models are still extremely useful and potentially revolutionary. Labelling language models as AI is both under and overstating the value. It's not AI (insert sad trombone), but that doesn't mean it's amazing technology (insert thunderous applause).
This terminology is confusing. Historically, AI was always used to mean any kind of machine intelligence, including the most basic novice chess AI, or an image classifier, or a video game character's AI. Now a lot of people seem to be using it as a synonym for AGI - a human-level intelligence.
