A lot of this is because there isn't a good definition of AGI. Look at Sama's recent interviews, that's how he deflects, along with the statement about the Turi

A lot of this is because there isn't a good definition of AGI. Look at Sama's recent interviews, that's how he deflects, along with the statement about the Turing test having ultimately been inconsequential. They have an internal definition of AGI that is "the model can perform the vast majority of economically viable tasks at the level of the highest humans" which isn't the story the investors are expecting when they hear AGI, so they're trying to stay mum to truthfully roadmap AGI while not blatantly lying to capital.