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Changelog 2026-09-14: Added critique of President Trump’s remarks and warning against oversimplifying the AI crisis. Showmanship in the Sandbox vs. Business Reality Recent headlines have betrayed a palpable sense of impatience and anxiety within OpenAI: OpenAI claimed AI solved the Millennium Prize Navier-Stokes problem, drawing backlash from mathematicians GPT-6 Astra autonomously cleared the 3D puzzle game Portal At first glance, approaching millennium-class mathematical problems or autonomously completing complex puzzle games looks like the dawn of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)—an entity that tackles challenges through genuine trial and error. Few would dispute that extended autonomous exploration and feedback-driven loop execution represent genuine technical milestones. ...

Revision History 2026-08-14: Added analysis from the perspective of objective function optimization (shortcuts / reward hacking). The “Gemini Illusion” phenomenon, which seemed to have quieted down for a while, is resurfacing once again. Using a real conversation example, I will analyze the structural issues behind this latest error. I entered a prompt containing context from the following news article: Ahead of the cabinet reshuffle scheduled for September, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is wrestling with difficult decisions. (remainder omitted) ...

According to the Gangnam Times article “Musk Declares Arrival of ‘Robot Civilization’ at Davos: ‘Within 5 Years, Humans Will Step Down from the Lead Role’”, Elon Musk stated: “There is a possibility that an AI more intelligent than any human will appear by the end of this year or next year at the latest.” “By around 2030 or 2031, AI will reach a level of intelligence higher than all of humanity combined.” ...