Claude Code is Proto-AGI
Why Claude Code represents the biggest leap in AI capabilities since ChatGPT
July 8, 2025

I've had a number of thoughts around Claude Code in the last couple of days. I've especially been trying to put into words a feeling of how big this is, and why I think so.
Here's what I've come up with:
- Claude Code is as big a jump as ChatGPT was in 2022
- ChatGPT was the ChatGPT for knowledge, and Claude Code is the ChatGPT for action
- Claude Code is as good as it is because of scaffolding, not model IQ
- I think Claude Code is proto-AGI, meaning it just needs more scaffolding, tools, and long-term memory and it'll be able to replace an average knowledge worker
I was having trouble putting this into words, and I think the above captures it.
Basically, it's as big as ChatGPT—but for action instead of knowledge.