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AGI (Artificial General Intelligence)
A hypothetical AI system that could understand, learn, and perform any intellectual task a human can, rather than excelling at narrow, specific tasks.
Origin · no single documented coiner
Earliest documented use is Mark Gubrud’s 1997 paper on nanotechnology and security; the term was independently reinvented and popularized around 2002 by Shane Legg (later a DeepMind co-founder) and Ben Goertzel, unaware of Gubrud’s earlier use — Legg has said “I didn’t invent the term, I reinvented it.” Both attributions are commonly cited depending on whether “coined” or “popularized” is meant.
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