It is believed that generative AI soon will lead to artificial general intelligence (AGI). It will so happen that the future artificial intelligence models will need lesser data for training. Instead, these models will focus more on reasoning abilities. In other words, AI will resemble human intellect based on logic and intuition. The changed AI will have components adaptability and common sense. Sam Altman calls it a system that can generalize across many domains.

As we advance in research, the gap between what AI and humans can do is narrowing.

LLMs are not the last word. They are just stepping stones. They will acquire intuitive understanding in future. AI will master abstraction and will hold opinions about men and matters

It was so far thought that intelligence is backed by a soul, by a consciousness. Still, the chatbots show sparks of intelligence.

Since data privacy is being valued in modern age, the new platforms of AI trained on massive data are under scrutiny.

Still the potential of AI raises hopes. AGI will create a symbiotic world of humans and machines. AGI will be the ultimate tool created by humanity. Some researchers are optimistic. Some take a dismal view, e.g. Paul Christiano and Geoffrey Hinton.

As AI advances by leaps and bounds, there are ethical and philosophical issues. Altman expects AI to be a collective endeavour with participation of various stakeholders. Of course, the philosophical issues are weighty enough, because these machines might overshadow biological intelligence. Machines may make the minds obsolete.

GPT-4 has cognition resembling human beings. The real issue is ‘ghost’ inhabiting the machine and the way the machines are becoming soulful.