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What Is AGI?
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) refers to AI systems with general reasoning capabilities comparable to human intelligence across most domains — the ability to learn and transfer knowledge as humans do. No current AI system meets this definition.
Common questions
Does AGI exist today?
No. Current AI systems — including the most capable large language models — are not AGI by any rigorous definition. They excel in specific domains but cannot generalise across domains as humans do.
When will AGI arrive?
Credible experts disagree significantly — from "within this decade" (Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei) to "may never arrive in the form imagined" (Yann LeCun). The governance-relevant insight: build frameworks that work across scenarios.
What does AGI mean for my organisation now?
The near-term governance challenge is not AGI but highly capable AI systems in the next 3-5 years — agentic AI, superhuman performance in specific domains, and AI that can autonomously complete complex tasks.
How is AGI different from frontier AI?
Frontier AI refers to the most capable current AI systems. AGI is a theoretical future threshold. Enterprise governance should focus on frontier AI governance now, with AGI scenario planning as a longer-term exercise.