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artificial general intelligence

noun \ˌär-tə-ˈfi-shəl ˈjen-rəl in-ˈte-lə-jən(t)s\

also AGI

TopicCulture & Big Ideas First known use1997 Senses1

Definition of artificial general intelligence

  1. : a hypothetical AI that can understand, learn, and perform virtually any intellectual task a human can, at least as well as a human

    • Some lab leaders say AGI could arrive within a few years; others say decades.
    • Nobody agrees on a test that would prove AGI has arrived.
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Origin & history

first known use1997

First used in 1997 and popularized in the 2000s by researchers who wanted to separate general intelligence from narrow AI.

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