AGI (Artificial General Intelligence)

Overview

Artificial General Intelligence refers to a still theoretical AI system capable of performing any cognitive task that a human can—exhibiting reasoning, understanding, and learning across all domains, rather than specialized tasks. AGI contrasts with today's narrow AI, which excels in discrete problems like language modeling or image recognition. In some speculative scenarios, AGI may also surpass human abilities.

Significance

AGI is a long-term goal in AI research, with potential implications for society, ethics, and technology. Achieving AGI is seen as a potential paradigm shift, as it would represent machines with general reasoning abilities akin to humans—or in some speculative scenarios, surpassing them.

Scientific Debate

While popular in media, AGI's timelines, feasibility, and definitions are hotly debated among experts, with no consensus on when—or if—it will be achieved.

Related Concepts

• Narrow AI / Weak AI
• AGI vs Narrow AI
• Machine Learning
• Deep Learning
• AI Alignment
• AI Safety