Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)

Sometimes called strong AI is similar to human capacity for novel problem-solving and reasoning whose initial goals are set by humans, but can create sub-goals. It can: address complex problems without pre-programming like ANI requires; initiate searches for information worldwide; use sensors and the Internet of Things (IoT) to learn; make phone calls and interview people; make logical deductions; re-write or edit its code to be more intelligent …continually, so it gets smarter and smarter, faster and faster than humans. Some believe this could happen within ten years 1 some say by 2025, while others argue that AGI is impossible for many more years, if ever. 2 Although there is no consensus within the AI community, some would say AGI will have a unique form of sentience. AGI should not be confused with General Purpose AI Systems (GPAIS) 3 which is defined as an AI system “able to perform generally applicable functions such as image/speech recognition, audio/video generation, pattern detection, question answering, translation etc.”. These systems rely on “transfer learning” applying knowledge from one task to another. ChatGPT 4 is an upgrade from GPT-3 to GPT-3.5 that can generate human-like text and perform a wide range of language tasks such as translation, summarization, and question answering. (GPT-3 uses 175 billion machine learning parameters.) ChatGPT interacts with the user to produce sophisticated text from simple instructions or questions. It can also write and correct code, write music in different styles, organize information, and other uses being invented now. SingularityNET is also in this gray area. It brings together AI developers who want to create AGI and share code such that AGI might emerge from many interactions. The Athens Roundtable held at the European Parliament on 1-2 December 2022 did discuss General Purpose AI, but not AGI. The Future of Life Institute has assessed General Purpose AI and the AI Act, 5 but not AGI.