What can a SOTA LLM not answer that the average person can? It's already more intelligent than any polymath that ever existed, it just lacks motivation and agency.

My understanding is no. But the definition of AGI isn’t that well defined and has been evolving, making the assessment pretty much impossible

Can an LLM program real AGI faster than a human?

Good question. I would guess no - but it could help you build one. Am I mistaken?

LLMs and human intelligence overlap, but they are not the same. What LLMs show is that we don't need AGI to be impressed. For example, LLMs are not good playing games such as Go [1].

[1] https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16447

I don't see why not, especially with computer use and vision capabilities. Are you talking about their lack of physical embodiment? AGI is about cognitive ability, not physical. Think of someone like Stephen Hawking, an example of having extraordinary general intelligence despite severe physical limitations.