Meanings
plural artificial general intelligences
- countableuncountableartificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence which matches or exceeds the intelligence and capabilities of human beings.
We now have agents that can plan and act on our behalf, and artificial general intelligence is just a few years away.
2026 May 22, Demis Hassabis, 0:16, in I/O 2026 Keynote2 more examples
The real question, I think, is not whether the field as a whole is in any real danger of another AI winter but, rather, whether progress remains limited to narrow AI or ultimately expands to Artificial General Intelligence as well.
2015, Martin Ford, The Rise of the Robots, OneworldGreg Brockman, OpenAI's president, said the new model “represents a generational leap in capability” and that it could be defined as artificial general intelligence—roughly defined as a point at which AI tools surpass human capabilities across a range of cognitive tasks.
2026 September 5, George Hammond, “OpenAI says new model has overtaken Anthropic”, in FT Weekend (Companies & Markets section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11Synonyms: AGI, full artificial intelligence, general intelligent action, strong artificial intelligence, advanced artificial intelligence
Synonyms & antonyms
nounArtificial intelligence which matches or exceeds the intelligence and capabilities of human beings.
Origin
Used as early as 1997, by Mark Gubrud in a discussion of the implications of fully automated military production and operations, and popularized by AI researcher Ben Goertzel around 2002.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans kunsmatige algemene intelligensie, gevorderde kunsmatige intelligensie
- kunsmatige algemene intelligensieadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- gevorderde kunsmatige intelligensieadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
Catalan intel·ligència artificial forta, intel·ligència artificial general
- intel·ligència artificial fortaadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- intel·ligència artificial generaladvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- intel·ligència artificial avançadaadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
Danish kunstig generel intelligens, stærk kunstig intelligens
- kunstig generel intelligensadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- stærk kunstig intelligensadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- avanceret kunstig intelligensadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
Dutch kunstmatige algemene intelligentie, geavanceerde kunstmatige intelligentie
- kunstmatige algemene intelligentieadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- geavanceerde kunstmatige intelligentieadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
French intelligence artificielle générale, intelligence artificielle avancée
- intelligence artificielle généraleadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- intelligence artificielle avancéeadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
German artificial general intelligence, künstliche allgemeine Intelligenz
- artificial general intelligenceadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- künstliche allgemeine Intelligenzadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- starke künstliche Intelligenzadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- fortschrittliche künstliche Intelligenzadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
Icelandic alhliða gervigreind, almenn gervigreind
- alhliða gervigreindadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- almenn gervigreindadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- sterk gervigreindadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- þróuð gervigreindadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
Italian intelligenza artificiale forte, intelligenza artificiale generale
- intelligenza artificiale forteadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- intelligenza artificiale generaleadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- intelligenza artificiale avanzataadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
Norwegian generell kunstig intelligens, sterk kunstig intelligens
- generell kunstig intelligensadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- sterk kunstig intelligensadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- avansert kunstig intelligensadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
Portuguese inteligência artificial geral, IA forte
- inteligência artificial geraladvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- IA forteadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- inteligência artificial avançadaadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
Romanian inteligență artificială puternică, inteligența artificială generală
- inteligență artificială puternicăadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- inteligența artificială generalăadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- inteligență artificială avansatăadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
Spanish inteligencia artificial general, inteligencia artificial fuerte
- inteligencia artificial generaladvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- inteligencia artificial fuerteadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- inteligencia artificial avanzadaadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
Swedish artificiell generell intelligens, avancerad artificiell intelligens
- artificiell generell intelligensadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- avancerad artificiell intelligensadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
- stark artificiell intelligensadvanced / strong artificial intelligence
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artificial general intelligence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artificial%20general%20intelligence
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