AGI is not just one new tool. It is a new phase of civilization. OpenAI is introducing progressively powerful reasoning models. These ferret out knowledge and information from a vast base of accumulated reservoir of knowledge. They have an additional ability to think further and solve complex problems. The implications of this leap have not yet fully sunk in by penetrating human consciousness. However, this has profound implications.
GPT o1 model scored 83 per cent on IMO. GPT o3 model achieved an unprecedented score of 87.5 per cent on the ARC-AGI benchmark. It measures a model’s ability to solve completely novel problems without depending on pre-trained knowledge. ARC-AGI tests conceptual reasoning and adaptive intelligence. These areas are traditionally the forte of human beings.
Till now, AI systems demonstrated narrow intelligence — writing copy, diagnosing diseases from symptoms. optimizing logistics. These have narrow limits. General intelligence is fundamentally different. It has the ability to adapt, reason and solve problems across domains.
LLMs and muti-modal models have already shown proto-AGI traits — generalization across tasks, multi-modal reasoning and adaptability. Let us call these glimmers of AGI. These capabilities are improving iteratively — better architecture, larger datasets and improved training methods.
OpenAI has redefined AGI. It is first of all an autonomous system. It secondly outperforms humans at most economically valuable work. That creates a shifting endpoint. Microsoft and OpenAI has created a linkage between AGI and profits — an AI system that generates $ 100 billion in profits.
AGI challenges a basic human trait — intelligence. It is no longer exclusive to humans. There is an issue of integrating AGI to our lives.
AGI puts us on the road to ASI — artificial superintelligence. AGI systems will become self-learning and will surpass collective human intelligence.
The goal is ambitious. There should be machines that not only think but evolve.
The emergence of AGI will not be sudden. It will unfold gradually. There will be journey from AGI to ASI.