Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
Hypothetical AI that would match human flexibility, able to learn and reason across any task rather than being limited to one; it does not yet exist.
Artificial general intelligence (AGI) describes a machine that could think as flexibly as a human — learning any task, transferring knowledge between areas, and handling situations it wasn’t specifically built for.
AGI is contrasted with narrow AI, which is designed for one kind of task. Crucially, every AI system in use today is narrow AI, including advanced chatbots. No AGI exists; it remains a research goal and a subject of debate.
A further hypothetical step, superintelligence, would surpass the best humans at virtually everything. Like AGI, it’s purely theoretical today.
Experts strongly disagree about whether and when AGI might arrive, with predictions ranging from a couple of decades to never. Read more in our guides to what AI is and narrow AI vs general AI.