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A Definition of AGI — mentioned by rvz

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:32:35 GMT

> AI, AGI, and intelligence itself are poorly defined. Of course they are. The previous definitions were not credible and nonsensical. > I invite you to add to the literature if you think you have any novel insight, and get it published. That has been already done. You might want to start here: [0] - A Definition of AGI Let's read the agreed (Gary Marcus approved) definition together: "AGI is an AI that can match or exceed the cognitive versatility and proficiency of a well-educated adult." What other well-educated adult can claim that they gave a rigorous solution to an unsolved mathematical…

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A Definition of AGI — mentioned by hereme888

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 19:25:43 GMT

I don't think there will ever be universal consensus on....anything. But significant research has been published into its definition, by researchers from the main LLM providers, like https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.18212 Also, I would say SOTA LLM models can sustain a longer, more intelligent conversation than most people. Just in context length alone, they can keep track of more context than humans. But they're nowhere near as efficient the human brain, or the attention to quickly connect and find decades worth of memory like us.

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A Definition of AGI — mentioned by dupdup

Sat, 08 Nov 2025 21:03:40 GMT

for me the definition of AGI is the tool to measure https://arxiv.org/html/2510.18212v2

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A Definition of AGI — mentioned by cs702

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 18:15:42 GMT

Many people who object to the idea that current-generation AI is thinking do so only because they believe AI is not "conscious"... but there is no known law in the universe requiring that intelligence and consciousness must always go together. With apologies to René Descartes[a], intelligence and consciousness are different. Intelligence can be verified and quantified, for example, with tests of common sense and other knowledge.[b] Consciousness, on the other hand, is notoriously difficult if not impossible to verify, let alone quantify. I'd say AI is getting more intelligent, and more…

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A Definition of AGI — mentioned by viraptor

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 20:15:52 GMT

It's been an issue for a while, but just a week ago: A definition of AGI https://arxiv.org/html/2510.18212v2 The consciousness will have to wait for another time. But that one's likely to be extremely contentious and more of a philosophy question without practical impact.

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A Definition of AGI — mentioned by gre

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:30:03 GMT

They are trying. A Definition of AGI - https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.18212 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45713959

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A Definition of AGI — mentioned by Insanity

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:13:27 GMT

That line essentially means 'indefinite support'. This paper was published some days ago that aims to define AGI: https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2510.18212. But crucially, there is no agreed-upon definition of AGI. And I don't think we're close to anything that resembles human intelligence. I firmly believe that stochastic parrots will not get us to AGI and that we need a different methodology. I'm sure humanity will eventually create AGI, and perhaps even in my lifetime (in the next few decades). But I wouldn't put my money on that bet.

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A Definition of AGI — mentioned by Animats

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 03:12:19 GMT

Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.18212 That 10-axis radial graph is very interesting. Do others besides this author agree with that representation? The weak points are speed and long-term memory. Those are usually fixable in computing system. Weak long-term memory indicates that, somehow, a database needs to be bolted on. I've seen at least one system, for driving NPCs, where, after something interesting has happened, the system is asked to summarize what it learned from that session. That's stored somewhere outside the LLM and fed back in as a prompt when needed. None of this addresses…

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A Definition of AGI — HN submission

Sun, 26 Oct 2025 18:09:37 GMT

A definition of AGI

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A Definition of AGI — mentioned by photonthug

Sat, 25 Oct 2025 15:55:15 GMT

You might prefer this sort of thing: A Definition of AGI https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.18212

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