[famouswaffles]

Because we have machines now that are artificial (obviously) and generally intelligent. There isn't a testable definition of general intelligence that GPT-4 would fail that a good chunk of humans also wouldn't. So really, unless your definition of general intelligence is beat every human at everything (humans aren't generally intelligent then) then agi is already here.

[a_wild_dandan]

You nailed it. General intelligence doesn't mean human intelligence. It doesn't mean superhuman intelligence. AGI is just:

- A: Artificially manufactured substrate

- G: Proficient across a broad set of reasonably distinct mental skills

- I: Applies combinations of these skills to contextually solve novel problems within the scope of its skill set

That's it. Intelligence is a spectrum, with knobs for "skill count", "skill proficiency", and "novel problem proficiency."

Any requirements past that are often vague or anthropocentric. No, the intelligent agent doesn't need to "see" (but now many do, so...happy?) or check off some arbitrary set of modalities. Intelligence doesn't necessitate episodic memory, or real-time reactions, or consciousness or anything else that -- once we check all the boxes -- the "general intelligence" light switch will suddenly flip on. Intelligence is a spectrum to be observed, not prescribed with some arbitrary checklist that'll never find consensus.

GPT-4V is pretty damn broadly intelligent. To me, it's a rudimentary AGI. The extent to which the "statistical parrot" people hold their position just depends on how quickly they can move goalposts while the ground beneath them rapidly shrinks.