In the Lex Fridman podcast episode aired on Monday, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang expressed a forward-looking perspective on the progress toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), clearly stating: "I think we have achieved AGI." This statement has drawn significant market attention against the backdrop of the industry generally downplaying or redefining the term.
Responding to the host's definition of AGI as "the ability to operate a tech company worth $1 billion," Huang stated that this technological milestone is not far off in 5 to 20 years, but rather is present now. He specifically cited the viral spread of the recent open-source AI agent platform OpenClaw (commonly known as "crayfish") as evidence, believing that users are engaging in diverse creations through such agent platforms and predicting that the emergence of digital influencers or viral social applications is imminent.
However, while expressing optimistic expectations, Huang also made a rational correction about the current situation. He pointed out that although current agent applications are active, most projects gradually fade away after several months of popularity, and he admitted that it is currently not realistically possible to replicate complex enterprise entities like NVIDIA using these 100,000 agent systems.
This statement reflects the latest judgment of AI leaders on the path of technological development: AGI is no longer merely an ultimate question in laboratories, but has entered a distributed experimental phase driven by open-source ecosystems. Although it still has a long way to go before completely replacing humans in complex business operations, its penetration in specific vertical scenarios and social ecosystems indicates a complete shift in industry paradigms.
