Emad Mostaque: AGI Surpassed Last Year, ASI 800 Days Out

Emad Mostaque told @CryptoMichNL that AGI crossed the classical threshold last year with competent intelligence now exceeding human performance in nearly every domain, while ASI sits roughly 800 days away. The former StabilityAI founder described the recursive self-improvement loop that will push effective intelligence past 200 IQ. Most users still judge progress from the lower tier because frontier models require $200 monthly subscriptions, leaving the majority on free or basic versions of Grok, Gemini or GPT. This access gap creates the largest underpriced divergence between actual capability and public perception in the AI industry impact cycle. Mostaque warned that without owning models the way Bitcoin holders own keys, cognitive labor value collapses toward zero under licensed, surveilled platforms.