Keumars is the technology editor at Live Science. He has written for a variety of publications including ITPro, The Week Digital, ComputerActive, The Independent, The Observer, Metro and TechRadar Pro. He has worked as a technology journalist for more than five years, having previously held the role of features editor with ITPro.
Artificial general intelligence is an area of artificial intelligence research in which scientists are striving to create a computer system that is generally smarter than humans. These hypothetical systems may have a degree of self-understanding and self-control — including the ability to edit their own code — and be able to learn to solve problems like humans, without being trained to do so.
But because AGI has never been built, there is no consensus among scientists about what it might mean for humanity, which risks are more likely than others or what the social implications might be. Some have speculated previously that it will never happen, but many scientists and technologists are converging around the idea of achieving AGI within the next few years — including the computer scientist Ray Kurzweil and Silicon Valley executives like Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman and Elon Musk.
By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.There are, however, plenty of existential risks that AGI poses — ranging from"misalignment," in which a system's underlying objectives may not match those of the humans controlling it, to the"non-zero chance" of a future system wiping out all of humanity, said Musk in 2023.
When will AGI happen?There are competing views on whether humans can actually build a system that's powerful enough to be an AGI, let alone when such a system may be built. An assessment of several major surveys among AI scientists shows the general consensus is that it may happen before the end of the century — but views have also changed over time. In the 2010s, the consensus view was that AGI was approximately 50 years away.
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