Why artificial general intelligence lies beyond deep learning

VentureBeat February 18, 2024
Swaptik Chowdhury, RAND Corporation, Steven Popper, RAND Corporation

Sam Altman’s recent employment saga and speculation about OpenAI’s groundbreaking Q* model have renewed public interest in the possibilities and risks of artificial general intelligence (AGI).

AGI could learn and execute intellectual tasks comparably to humans. Swift advancements in AI, particularly in deep learning, have stirred optimism and apprehension about the emergence of AGI. Several companies, including OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI, aim to develop AGI. This raises the question: Are current AI developments leading toward AGI?

Perhaps not.

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