AI Glossary

Artificial general intelligence

Also called AGI

AI that could match people across most kinds of intellectual work, rather than excelling at one task. There is no agreed definition or test for it, and researchers disagree about how close current systems are.

See also

  • Superintelligence

    An intellect that would far exceed the best human minds in practically every field.

  • Recursive self-improvement

    A hypothetical process in which an AI system improves its own design, and each improved version is better at making the next improvement.

Source: Morris et al., Levels of AGI for Operationalizing Progress on the Path to AGI (2023) (opens in a new tab)

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Orbyt Labs, Artificial general intelligence (AI Glossary), Oct 18, 2026. https://www.orbytlabs.ai/orbyt-collective/glossary/artificial-general-intelligence

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