What is Artificial General Intelligence?

Artificial General Intelligence

Definition A hypothetical AI system capable of performing any intellectual task that a human can perform, across all domains, without task-specific training. No AGI system exists today; current AI models excel within defined domains but lack general-purpose cognitive flexibility.

In Depth

Definitions of AGI vary widely across researchers: some focus on passing cognitive benchmarks, others on economic task substitution, and others on autonomous self-improvement. Labs like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind cite AGI development as a long-term goal while acknowledging significant open problems in reasoning, memory, and embodiment. The timeline and even feasibility of AGI remain actively debated.

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