# If you don't understand a question, you probably don't have a valuable answer **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 9, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-understand-a-question-you-probably-dont-have-a-valuable-answer/1005505 "2024-08-09T21:16:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 48
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-understand-a-question-you-probably-dont-have-a-valuable-answer/1005505/48 "2024-08-10T15:35:47Z")
> [@Is AI overhyped?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ai-overhyped/1005471): > > The people (Kurzweil, Kaku etc) Saying that AGI is [gonna happen this year](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pUye38cooOE) or in 2029, where are they getting their optimism from? My yardstick is we have AGI when the average entry level worker (Me) Doesn’t need to do their job anymore. I just find the predictions of life being completely altered in such a short time too fantastic to believe (And I want to believe it) Are the people making these bold predictions wrong because they don’t have any real world experience in shitty dead end jobs, o… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-understand-a-question-you-probably-dont-have-a-valuable-answer/1005505)._