How far can we scale 'artificial' intelligence and 'artificial-world' realism? We can see for ourselves the latest video models, like Gen-3 from Runway, promising a new era of entertainment and gaming, but is there any limit on what more data can do?
And what about the intelligence of models: no end in sight or diminishing returns? I will go over Claude 3.5 Sonnet and draw on some recent big interviews to make the argument that we need to trust our own experiences and judgement, rather than naively listen to the words of AGI lab CEOs.