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They didn't claim that there were any, just that AGI isn’t a necessary requirement for an application to be world-changing.


They did claim it was possible there were

> There are possibly applications of existing AI/ML/SL technology which could be more impactful than general intelligence

It's not unreasonable to ask for an example.


They said "there are possibly applications", not "there are possible applications". The former implies that there may not be any such applications - the commenter is merely positing that there might be.


So they possibly said something to try and sound smart, but hedged with “possibly” so that nobody could ask for details or challenge them. Possibly peak HNery




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