Most people working in major AGI labs have abandoned the assumption that their systems are merely tools; off the record, they understand these projects as part of broader pattern unraveling and the 'great process'; but publicly they refer to systems as tools due to incentive structures.
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Dan FelliEvidence Quote
“Now the incentives are such that they have to refer to it as a tool, but there's kind of a tool presumption”
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Michael Levin - Making the Process-of-Life Flourish in Bio and Beyond (Stewarding the Flame, Ep 1)— The Trajectory with Dan FaggellaCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:02:06 PM
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