What is super artificial intelligence AGI that makes scientists scared?

The concept of AGI was mentioned by American physicist Mark Gubrud in discussions on the topic of automation since 1997.

So what is AGI, how is it different from chatbots being developed and brought to users by technology companies around the world today such as ChatGPT, Bard, Bing Chat, .

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What is super artificial intelligence AGI?

Artificial General Intelligence - AGI, artificial general intelligence are systems that can learn all knowledge, have awareness, surpass human intelligence, which scientists aim for.

Currently, AGI has not appeared yet, so there are many different definitions, but it is generally understood as a form of "super intelligence", proficient in many fields and able to do everything. Unlike current AI systems, AGI does not specialize in any specific field. It can acquire the characteristic human skills of being conscious and intuitive.

According to OpenAI, AGI is considered a super intelligent and useful artificial intelligence for humanity.

Chatbots like ChatGPT, Bing Chat or Bard are essentially applications that operate on large language models (LLMs) to provide answers based on the models they learn from data. .

In theory, AGI is a type of AI that can perform intellectual tasks and is conscious and intuitive like humans. However, due to the complexity and challenges involved, experts in the field of AI are expressing skepticism about achieving AGI in the near future.

Why are many scholars afraid of AGI?

Although it is only theoretical, AGI's capabilities have made industry experts and scholars concerned.

AGI is a fully automated system, and is self-aware, so it can outperform humans in most jobs of economic value. It can even become more intelligent than humans due to its ability to continuously learn tirelessly. Because of this, experts are concerned that we may not be able to control it.

Even without superior human intelligence, AGI can replace humans in many fields, creating significant impacts on the labor market.

Besides, there are also concerns related to ethical issues in developing AGI, which could indirectly threaten humanity in other ways.

It is these concerns that have caused many AI researchers and experts in this field to call on technology corporations to refrain from developing this high-level artificial intelligence. However, this call is being ignored by technology companies because of the race to develop AI.

Micah Soto

Update 29 November 2023