Life in the Singularity

Life in the Singularity

The Roadmap to AGI

From Pattern Matching to True Comprehension

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Matt McDonagh
Feb 22, 2026
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We are on the road to creating magic: AGI.

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This chart is one of the most important in the world. It illustrates a metric called the “Time Horizon” for Large Language Models when tackling complex software engineering tasks. Specifically, it tracks how long an AI can work autonomously on a problem before its performance or reliability breaks down.

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