The Spectrum of Intelligence and the Quest for Artificial General Intelligence

Intelligence is a spectrum with different kinds of goals./nIntelligence cannot be measured by just one number./nMachines are better than humans at narrow tasks like multiplying large numbers and playing chess./nArtificial general intelligence (AGI) aims to build a machine that can do everything as well as humans./nAGI could be the biggest transition in the history of life on earth./nThe big impact of AGI does not necessarily have to wait until machines are better than humans at everything./nThe big change comes when machines start becoming better than humans at most jobs./nThe significant change comes when machines become better than humans at AI research./nThe time scale of AI research is currently limited by the human research and development cycle.