Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is a type of synthetic intelligence (AI) that matches or surpasses human cognitive capabilities across a large range of cognitive tasks. This contrasts with narrow AI, which is limited to specific jobs. [1] Artificial superintelligence (ASI), on the other hand, refers to AGI that significantly surpasses human cognitive capabilities. AGI is thought about among the definitions of strong AI.

Creating AGI is a primary objective of AI research and of companies such as OpenAI [2] and Meta. [3] A 2020 survey identified 72 active AGI research study and development tasks across 37 countries. [4]
The timeline for achieving AGI remains a topic of continuous argument amongst researchers and professionals. Since 2023, some argue that it may be possible in years or years