Rethinking the AGI definition: 'general' means a mind that can learn to do anything
daniel_mac8 · x · 2026-09-09
GregKamradt proposes refining the definition of AGI: the "general" means a machine mind that can learn to do anything—omitting training, since that alludes to someone doing the training rather than the capability being inherent. Responding to the objection that even human general intelligence can't do many things without training, he argues learning is the key part, not whether something can be done without it. Daniel Wilson agrees.
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