Glossary AGI
AGI
Acronym Also known as:
artificial general intelligenceAITech
Definition
Artificial general intelligence: AI that matches or exceeds human ability across most cognitive tasks, rather than excelling at a narrow set
There is no agreed test or definition, which is why claims about when it arrives differ so widely. OpenAI's charter defines it as highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work. Other definitions stress the breadth of learning and adaptation over economic output.
The threshold between today's AI and ASI. Recursive self-improvement is the proposed route from one to the other.