Artificial basic intelligence (AGI) is a type of synthetic intelligence (AI) that matches or exceeds human cognitive abilities across a vast array of cognitive tasks. This contrasts with narrow AI, which is limited to specific tasks. [1] Artificial superintelligence (ASI), on the other hand, refers to AGI that greatly surpasses human cognitive capabilities. AGI is considered among the definitions of strong AI.

Creating AGI is a main goal of AI research and of business such as OpenAI [2] and Meta. [3] A 2020 survey recognized 72 active AGI research and advancement tasks throughout 37 countries. [4]
The timeline for achieving AGI remains a subject of ongoing debate amongst researchers and specialists. Since 2023, some argue that it might be possible in years or decades