For those who are wondering about reasoning behind this being the path to full AGI I recommend this Gwern post that goes into detail: https://www.gwern.net/newsletter/2020/05
From what I understand, its not just that the GPT-3 has impressive performance but more what is signifies and that is the fact that massive scaling didn't produce diminishing return, and if this pattern persists, it can get them to the finish line.
From what I understand, its not just that the GPT-3 has impressive performance but more what is signifies and that is the fact that massive scaling didn't produce diminishing return, and if this pattern persists, it can get them to the finish line.