Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is a hypothetical AI system able to learn and perform almost any intellectual task a person can, across fields, rather than excelling at a narrow set of tasks. Several AI labs name it as a goal; whether any current system qualifies is disputed, and there is no agreed test.
Today’s AI is broad but uneven: a model can write fluent prose and code yet fail at simple reasoning or invent facts. AGI would close those gaps reliably. Predictions of when, or whether, that happens range from a few years to never.
For a business the practical point is the same either way: the groundwork that makes today’s AI safe and useful (tidy documents, sensible permissions, a use policy, human approval on what matters) is what lets you adopt more capable systems as they arrive.
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