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Define AGI
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resolved Aug 3
AI that's good enough to substitute for humans in almost all jobs in the economy
AI that's better than the average human at a range of intellectual tasks the average human can do
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AI that's better than a 99th percentile human at a range of intellectual tasks the average human can do
AI that's better than all individual humans (i.e. better than the best person in the world) at literally every possible intellectual task
AI that's better than the collective capabilities of humanity at all possible intellectual tasks - i.e. better at math than MIT, better at startups than all of silicon valley, etc

People mean one of several different things when they say "AGI". Vote for your favoured definition!

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Here's how (advanced) AGI was defined in the article where the term was coined BTW:

By advanced artificial general intelligence, I mean AI systems that rival or surpass the human brain in complexity and speed, that can acquire, manipulate and reason with general knowledge, and that are usable in essentially any phase of industrial or military operations where a human intelligence would otherwise be needed. Such systems may be modeled on the human brain, but they do not necessarily have to be, and they do not have to be "conscious" or possess any other competence that is not strictly relevant to their application. What matters is that such systems can be used to replace human brains in tasks ranging from organizing and running a mine or a factory to piloting an airplane, analyzing intelligence data or planning a battle.

https://web.archive.org/web/20181231195954/https://foresight.org/Conferences/MNT05/Papers/Gubrud/index.php

The "general intelligence implies superhuman intelligence" implication of some definitions has always seemed weird to me and implies humans don't have general intelligence.

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I think the poll could be improved by making the variable of "quantity of intellectual tasks" consistent across all choices.

For example, I think AI that can perform "better than the average human" (#1) at "literally every possible intellectual task" (#4) would qualify as AGI. I would even lower that threshold to something like "99% of existing intellectual tasks" and still consider that AGI.

Anyway, interesting poll. Hopefully this information is somewhat helpful for you.