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Will AI be able to surpass human intelligence in 2025?

By Evan Dawson,

Megan Mack, Julie Williams

Published December 23, 2024 at 5:02 PM EST

Two men wearing headphones sit at a table in a radio talk studio: a man at right has short brown hair and a brown beard and is wearing a blue plaid blazer and lilac button-down shirt; a man at right has short dark hair and is wearing a light green button-down shirt. — Max Irwin on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Monday, December 23, 2024

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OpenAI is launching a new artificial intelligence that seems to be the most sophisticated AI yet.

Some tech observers are wondering if OpenAI's o3 is an example of artificial general intelligence — a kind of AI that reasons, that doesn't simply focus on singular tasks, and that can surpass human intelligence.

We discuss it with our guest:

Max Irwin, founder of Max.io and Flower City AI

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Evan Dawson

Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.

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Megan Mack

Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.

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Julie Williams

Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson" and is also the office administrator for radio, news and technology and operations. She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.

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