Influencers Discuss Arrival of AGI As OpenAI’s O3 Model Ignites AI Hype

OpenAI’s recent unveiling of its new o3 reasoning model has ignited a fierce debate among influencers on social media. While many express awe at its impressive performance across various benchmarks, including exceeding human performance on coding and scientific reasoning tasks, others raise concerns about its high cost and the potential for overhyping its artificial general intelligence (AGI) capabilities, reveals the Social Media Analytics Platform of GlobalData.

Shreyasee Majumder, Social Media Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Influencers are particularly captivated by o3’s ability to perform complex tasks autonomously, potentially exceeding human capabilities in nearly every cognitive domain, and its demonstration of a ‘private chain of thought’ approach, allowing for more reliable answers.

“However, there is significant debate surrounding the model’s cost-effectiveness and its potential for generalizability across different problem domains. Some influencers highlight the massive compute required for o3, pointing out that while it may be a significant step forward, its real-world applicability is still limited due to its high cost. Additionally, some influencers challenge the claims of achieving “AGI”, arguing that while o3 demonstrates impressive capabilities, it is not yet capable of true general intelligence and lacks robustness across all problem types.”

Below are a few popular influencer opinions captured by GlobalData’s Social Media Analytics Platform:

Elvis S, Cofounder & CEO at DAIR.AI:

“The hype around o3 is out of control. It’s not AGI, it’s not the singularity, and you definitely don’t have to change your worldview. In fact, the public doesn’t even have access to the models so how can anyone claim any of the above. I appreciate how the OpenAI researchers presented o3…”

Aaron Levie, CEO at Box:

“OpenAI’s o3 model appears to be better at reasoning than any other model out there. It costs way more to operate, but that’s irrelevant. What is expensive today is cheap tomorrow. Quality is all that matters because you know that costs will always drop.”

Chamath Palihapitiya, CEO at Social Capital:

“OpenAI announced their latest reasoning model, o3, demonstrating another step function advance in AI capabilities. The model sets new performance records across multiple benchmarks, achieving 96.7% on the American Invitational Mathematics Exam, 87.7% on graduate-level science questions, and a Codeforces rating above the 99th percentile…”

Carlos E. Perez, Co-Founder of Intuition Machine:

“OpenAI o3 is a walkup call that you should begin the process of changing your worldview.  Everything will change dramatically and in ways that are too fast and extreme to adjust to!”

Nathan Lands, Founder of Lore:

“This is such a big deal. Incredible accomplishment by @OpenAI. I’ve tried to explain why o1 was a big deal on my podcast. That it’s a new paradigm in AI. With o3 it’s clear that we’re in new territory. The test that was meant to determine AGI has basically been passed and we now need benchmarks to determine and quantify what is ASI. Exciting times.”