Reddit post argues defining AGI as 'average human at everything' demands an ASI, not AGI
Super-Award-2244 · reddit · 2026-10-23
A Reddit post pushes back on the common AGI benchmark of "average human ability across all domains," arguing it ignores how jagged human intelligence actually is. By that standard almost no individual human qualifies as generally intelligent — a physicist lacking spatial coordination or someone who can't draw is still intelligent.
The author contends we judge human general intelligence by overall adaptability and learning capacity despite narrow weaknesses, so demanding AI master embodiment, creative writing, math and emotional nuance simultaneously is asking for a superset of all human capabilities — a specialized form of ASI, not the human average.
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