Artificial general intelligence (AGI)
A still-imaginary AI that could do most mental tasks as well as a person. Nobody agrees on how to test for it.
The fuller definition
AGI is a contested term for a hypothetical AI system able to perform most intellectual tasks at or beyond human level across many domains. There is no agreed test for it.
Multiple-choice questions, general knowledge, clean text, scored automatically.
Scanned letters, conditional dates, two conflicting sources, scored by a lawyer.
The first number is real for the test it describes. It is not a prediction of the second. Run a small test on your own material before treating a headline score as evidence.
A concrete example
A vendor describes a model as approaching AGI. The claim says nothing about its accuracy on your document review.
The distinction that matters
Claims about AGI concern future or general capability. Evaluate today's tool on today's task.
Related terms
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Software that can do tasks such as finding patterns, working with language, or making plans. Those skills do not prove it thinks like a person.
FoundationsLarge language model (LLM)
A program trained on enormous amounts of text so it can read and write language. ChatGPT and Claude are built on large language models.
Reliability & securityBenchmark
A standard test used to compare models. A high score on it does not mean the model is good at your task.
Where it is taught
What actually happens when you ask AI a question?Source and further reading
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