François Chollet has constructed the ultimate test for the bots.Illustration by Mathieu LabrecqueApril 4, 2025, 12:32 PM ET Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration. Listen to more stories on the Noa app.Deep down, Sam Altman and François Chollet share the same dream. They want to build AI models that achieve “artificial general intelligence,” or AGI—matching or exceeding the capabilities of the human mind. The difference between these two men is that Altman has sugge...