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How François Chollet Is Building A New Path To AGI

March 27, 2026·57 min·2-min readinterviewtechnology
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AGI is likely by 2030, not because of scaling alone, but due to paradigm shifts in learning efficiency and intelligence measurement; the key is not stopping AI progress, but learning how to ride the wave by building systems that generalize like humans.


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