AGI may be impossible to define, and that’s a multibillion-dollar problem
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Summary
There may be no clear definition of what constitutes artificial general intelligence (AGI), despite several high-profile tech firms saying they are close to developing it.
One definition agreed between Microsoft and OpenAI is that AGI is AI that generates $100bn in profit, but this focuses on economics rather than the intelligence aspect.
Even defining AGI in traditional terms, as an AI model that can generalise and apply concepts to new scenarios, is problematic, with questions around what standard of human capability should be aimed at.
For instance, should an AGI be able to perform at the level of a specialist in many disparate tasks, such as surgery, poetry, car mechanics and mathematics?
The disagreement over what AGI actually is has led to a significant falling out between Microsoft and OpenAI, causing their $13bn partnership to become strained.
