AGI stands for Artificial General Intelligence, which is a hypothetical type of intelligent agent that could learn to accomplish any intellectual task that human beings or animals can perform. AGI is also known as strong AI, full AI, or general intelligent action. It is considered to be strong artificial intelligence (AI) and contrasts with weak or narrow AI, which is the application of artificial intelligence to solve one specific problem, but lacks general cognitive abilities. AGI is a common topic in science fiction and futures studies, and creating AGI is a primary goal of some artificial intelligence research and of companies such as OpenAI, DeepMind, and Anthropic.
AGI would be able to autonomously solve a variety of complex problems across different domains of knowledge. It would theoretically be self-teaching and able to carry out a general range of tasks autonomously. AGI could perform surgeries in the medical field and bring about autonomous cars in the automotive industry. However, opinions among AI experts differ regarding the proximity of AGI. Some assert were just a few years away, while others envision a timeline spanning several decades. Technological progress plays a crucial role in shaping the pace of AGI development, and if breakthroughs continue to surge forward rapidly, AGI might arrive sooner than anticipated.
