Artificial General Intelligence

What Does Artificial General Intelligence Mean?

Artificial general intelligence refers to a type of distinguished artificial intelligence that is broad in the way that human cognitive systems are broad, that can do different kinds of tasks well, and that really simulates the breadth of the human intellect, rather than focusing on more specific or narrower types of tasks. The term is used to distinguish various types of artificial intelligence from each other — the terms “strong artificial intelligence” or “full artificial intelligence” are also used to discuss broader artificial intelligence goals.

Advertisements

Artificial general intelligence is also known as general artificial intelligence.

Techopedia Explains Artificial General Intelligence

One of the big questions in artificial intelligence is to what extent machines can become intelligent, and to what extent they can mirror the capabilities of the human brain. Some debates on artificial intelligence begin with the Turing test developed in the 20th century, which simply asks if a computer could fool a human into thinking they were communicating with another human, when in fact, they were communicating with the machine.

Free Download: AI in the Insurance Industry: 26 Real-World Use Cases

Other discussions on artificial intelligence go far beyond that — where some narrower or weaker forms of artificial intelligence include expert game-playing computers, computers that reference developed ontologies for conversation, and computers that give directions or other instructions, other kinds of artificial intelligence that could be called “artificial general intelligence” will look and feel much more like the behaviors and communication methods of human beings.

Advertisements

Related Terms

Latest Artificial Intelligence Terms

Related Reading

Margaret Rouse

Margaret Rouse is an award-winning technical writer and teacher known for her ability to explain complex technical subjects to a non-technical, business audience. Over the past twenty years her explanations have appeared on TechTarget websites and she's been cited as an authority in articles by the New York Times, Time Magazine, USA Today, ZDNet, PC Magazine and Discovery Magazine.Margaret's idea of a fun day is helping IT and business professionals learn to speak each other’s highly specialized languages. If you have a suggestion for a new definition or how to improve a technical explanation, please email Margaret or contact her…