Amazon Just Killed the AGI Hype. Here’s Why That’s Actually Smart.
Amazon’s decision to cut jobs from its AGI team is a quiet but powerful signal that the AI industry is finally prioritizing profit over hype. The era of speculative, moonshot research is ending, replaced by a focus on applied, revenue-generating AI. This isn’t a failure — it’s a maturation. The next wave of AI will be practical, not poetic.