# We’re Light-Years Away from True Artificial Intelligence, Says Murderbot Author Martha Wells

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/we-re-light-years-away-from-true-artificial-intelligence-says-murderbot-author-martha-wells/206580>\
**Category:** AI In The News\
**Tags:** via-news-bot, artificial\
**Created:** [12 July 2025 02:52 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/we-re-light-years-away-from-true-artificial-intelligence-says-murderbot-author-martha-wells/206580 "2025-07-12T02:52:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/communitynews/32/1113_2.png) [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\
**Post date:** [12 July 2025 02:52 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/we-re-light-years-away-from-true-artificial-intelligence-says-murderbot-author-martha-wells/206580/1 "2025-07-12T02:52:43Z")

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> Today’s large language models are hardly related to the kinds of machine intelligence we see in science fiction, according to Martha Wells, author of the Murderbot Diaries series

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> **[We’re Light-Years Away from True Artificial Intelligence, Says Murderbot...](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/were-light-years-away-from-true-artificial-intelligence-says-murderbot/)**
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> Today’s large language models are hardly related to the kinds of machine intelligence we see in science fiction, according to Martha Wells, author of the Murderbot Diaries series

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**Author:** ![dyowee](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/dyowee/32/6692_2.png) [@dyowee](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/dyowee)\
**Post date:** [13 July 2025 11:34 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/we-re-light-years-away-from-true-artificial-intelligence-says-murderbot-author-martha-wells/206580/2 "2025-07-13T11:34:24Z")

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If the article is referring to AGI, then I agree with it. But I hope that when it comes, it will be put to good use.

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**Author:** ![jaeyson](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/jaeyson/32/6395_2.png) [@jaeyson](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/jaeyson)\
**Post date:** [16 July 2025 03:16 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/we-re-light-years-away-from-true-artificial-intelligence-says-murderbot-author-martha-wells/206580/3 "2025-07-16T03:16:07Z")

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until politics, greed, marketing and ads steps in…