{"id":123637,"date":"2024-02-27T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T20:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=123637"},"modified":"2024-02-29T16:40:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T20:40:10","slug":"is-agi-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/is-agi-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Is AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) Possible?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-is-artificial-general-intelligence-agi\/\">artificial general intelligence<\/a>? Is AGI possible? Does it pose a threat to humans?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is a machine intelligence that understands the world as well as humans do. Hopes and fears about artificial intelligence reaching superhuman levels of skill or giving us a society run by robots are all predicated on the idea that we can build a type of AI that\u2019s still hypothetical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look at what AGI is, and if it could be dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-is-artificial-general-intelligence-inevitable\"><strong>Is Artificial General Intelligence Inevitable?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Leaders at OpenAI, Google, and Meta have all said they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/1\/18\/24042354\/mark-zuckerberg-meta-agi-reorg-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aim to create<\/a> artificial general intelligence (AGI). This kind of artificial intelligence would have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/theres-ai-and-then-theres-agi-what-you-need-to-know-to-tell-the-difference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">much broader range of skills<\/a> than our current AI models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s hard to sort out fact from fiction when it comes to the potential of AGI, in no small part because there\u2019s little consensus among experts. Some worry that AGI is just around the corner, while others wonder, &#8220;Is AGI possible?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-artificial-general-intelligence\"><strong>What Is Artificial General Intelligence?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts haven\u2019t agreed on a technical definition for \u201cartificial general intelligence,\u201d but it\u2019s broadly thought of as machine intelligence that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/what-is-artificial-general-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">understands the world<\/a> as well as humans do. That might sound straightforward enough, but <em>understanding<\/em> is difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because AGI would need <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/mental-flexibility\/\">cognitive flexibility<\/a>, creativity, and the ability to problem-solve, some researchers worry that machine intelligence could develop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/science\/annals-of-artificial-intelligence\/can-we-stop-the-singularity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">some form of autonomy<\/a> that would let it sidestep human control or even work toward goals it sets for itself. But answers to even the most fundamental questions about what, exactly, AGI would entail and how we would know when we\u2019ve reached it are more elusive than you might think.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-can-ai-become-smarter-than-humans\"><strong>Can AI Become Smarter Than Humans?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>OpenAI, which created <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-can-you-do-with-chatgpt\/\">ChatGPT<\/a>, defines AGI as \u201cAI systems that are generally <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/blog\/planning-for-agi-and-beyond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">smarter than humans<\/a>.\u201d But what does it mean to become <a href=\"https:\/\/scienceexchange.caltech.edu\/topics\/artificial-intelligence-research\/machines-more-intelligent-than-humans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201csmarter\u201d than humans<\/a>? Intelligence looks different in machines than it does in humans. Machines have better memories, a faster ability to gather information, and faster processing speeds than humans. But humans apply imagination and intuition to their problem-solving, allowing us to solve novel problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As AI grows more sophisticated, it\u2019s likely to become better at tasks that resemble human intelligence. But even optimistic predictions <a href=\"https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/ai-human-intelligence-25234\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">say it\u2019s unlikely<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2023\/01\/12\/chris-white-artificial-intelligence-cant-reproduce-the-wonders-of-original-human-creativity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">replicate human intelligence<\/a> fully.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-does-agi-pose-a-threat-to-humans\"><strong>Does AGI Pose a Threat to Humans?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s also no consensus on another big question: whether advanced AI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/01\/technology\/ai-google-chatbot-engineer-quits-hinton.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poses a threat to society or humanity<\/a>. One concern is that an AI model with broad cognitive skills and wide knowledge might evolve to define its own goals and values, which might conflict with ours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another worrying observation is that models often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/08\/13\/technology\/artificial-intelligence-safety-training.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">learn unanticipated lessons<\/a> from the datasets they\u2019re trained on, resulting in unexpected and potentially dangerous behavior. Yet another anxiety is that once AI advances enough in its ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/heres-why-ai-may-be-extremely-dangerous-whether-its-conscious-or-not\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">improve itself<\/a>, it could become impossible for us to control it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While some researchers focus on the potential for long-term harm, others have sounded the alarm about more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/01\/technology\/ai-problems-danger-chatgpt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">immediate risks<\/a>, including AI\u2019s potential to cause job loss, perpetuate social biases and discrimination, worsen inequality, violate privacy, and spread misinformation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-will-agi-become-a-reality-if-so-when\"><strong>Will AGI Become a Reality? If So, When?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Another contentious question is when AI could advance to something like AGI. Some researchers think AGI has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/what-is-artificial-general-intelligence-agi-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">already arrived<\/a> with GPT-4, the model that underlies ChatGPT. They note that GPT-4 is skilled at tasks like writing, drawing, and coding, and that it\u2019s already better than humans at things like taking standardized tests.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But other experts say this doesn\u2019t mean GPT-4, in its current form, understands those tasks or reasons through them. They note that AI only repeats ideas that already exist, rather than creating something new. Even training a model on an enormous dataset doesn\u2019t give it the creativity, empathy, or real-world experience to <a href=\"https:\/\/mindmatters.ai\/2023\/06\/say-what-ai-doesnt-understand-anything\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comprehend that knowledge<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google DeepMind\u2019s Shane Legg estimates a 50% chance of achieving AGI <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6556168\/when-ai-outsmart-humans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">by 2028<\/a>. Anthropic\u2019s Dario Amodei predicts \u201chuman-level\u201d AI could arrive in the next two to three years, and OpenAI\u2019s Sam Altman thinks AGI is four or five years away. But these executives are outliers: A Fall 2023 survey of 2,778 AI researchers predicted a 50% chance that \u201chigh-level machine intelligence\u201d will arrive by 2047, and a 10% chance that it could be a reality by 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is artificial general intelligence? Is AGI possible? Does it pose a threat to humans? Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is a machine intelligence that understands the world as well as humans do. Hopes and fears about artificial intelligence reaching superhuman levels of skill or giving us a society run by robots are all predicated on the idea that we can build a type of AI that\u2019s still hypothetical. 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