AGI

What does AGI mean?

AGI stands for “artificial general intelligence” and refers to a theorized version of artificial intelligence that can match or even exceed human capabilities.

Examples of AGI

It fits into their overall mission to accelerate human potential through the symbiosis of AGI, neural prosthetics, robotics, clean energy, resilience solutions, and fundamental scientific research.
—Sterling Crispin, quoted in VICE, 1 Nov. 2023

In a post on X, [Sam] Altman pushed back against a post that accused him of “launching AI slop videos marketed as personalized ads” instead of building AI to cure cancer. “We do mostly need the capital [to] build AI that can do science, and for sure we are focused on AGI with almost all of our research effort,” he wrote.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 2 Oct. 2025

The US technology company’s AI division, Google DeepMind, argues that world models are a key step to achieving AGI, a hypothetical level of AI where a system can carry out most tasks on a par with humans – rather than just individual tasks such as playing chess or translating languages – and potentially do someone’s job.
—Dan Milmo, The Guardian (London), 5 Aug. 2025

Where does AGI come from?

Both artificial general intelligence and AGI date at least as far back as the early 2000s.

How is AGI used?

As both an abbreviation and a noun. Some publications may style AGI with periods:

… their companies are pursuing artificial general intelligence, or A.G.I., shorthand for a machine that can match the powers of the human brain, or an even more powerful technology called superintelligence.
—Cade Metz and Karen Weise, The New York Times, 29 Sept. 2025