I think anyone who has tripped would also commiserate. Seeing too many eyes or fingers at a glance. Things feeling cartoony or 'shiny'.
I don't know if AGI is down the road diffusion models have taken us. I'm not even really sure what most people mean by AI when they talk about it. But stable diffusion et al are clearly super human. I'm not sure that AGI is down the trail cut by diffusion models, but if it's ever accomplished, these models will almost assuredly represwbt some of the learnings required to get there.
My pet (uneducated) theory is that AI needs to have a parent layer "consciousness" before it can become an AGI. Think of that voice inside your head and your ability to control bodily functions without needing to do it all the time. My model is our brains have many specialized "sub AIs" operating all the time (remembering to breathe for example) but then the AI behind the voice can come in and give commands that override the lower level AIs. What you think of as "me" is really just that top level AI but the whole system is needed to achieve general intelligence. Sort of like a company with many levels of employees serving different functions and a CEO to direct the whole thing, provide goals, modify components, and otherwise use discretion.
Seeing my hand covered in eyes while tripping completely changed my view of the mechanisms behind sight. Something that had previously seemed so “real” and deterministic suddenly was no longer; the interpretation layer was momentarily unveiled.
I don't know if AGI is down the road diffusion models have taken us. I'm not even really sure what most people mean by AI when they talk about it. But stable diffusion et al are clearly super human. I'm not sure that AGI is down the trail cut by diffusion models, but if it's ever accomplished, these models will almost assuredly represwbt some of the learnings required to get there.