# A Quantum Physicist Told His Team 'I Think AGI Is Here.' Here's What Convinced Him

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> Published: 2026-09-10 18:52:49+00:00

# A Quantum Physicist Told His Team 'I Think AGI Is Here.' Here's What Convinced Him

By John Koetsier, Senior ContributorSource: 

[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)
Haiqu's Mykola Maksymenko says 

[agentic AI](/glossary/agentic-ai)is compressing months of quantum research into days — and pulling useful work out of quantum hardware we already have.
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