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Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
Society & Law
Hypothetical AI with human-like general intelligence.
AGI denotes hypothetical systems that can flexibly acquire, transfer, and apply knowledge across domains like humans.
- Contrast: Unlike narrow AI (e.g., translation), AGI would learn and plan across domains.
- Core abilities: Language and world understanding, long-term planning, transfer learning, self-monitoring.
- Status: No widely accepted AGI exists; today’s systems are powerful but narrow or narrowly generalized.
- Opportunities: Automating complex knowledge work, accelerating research, new tools for education and medicine.
- Risks: Misaligned incentives, control problems, safety issues, power concentration, societal disruption.
- Governance: Safety standards, audits, evaluations, access controls, and accountability duties.