Artificial basic intelligence (AGI) is a kind of artificial intelligence (AI) that matches or goes beyond human cognitive capabilities across a wide variety of cognitive tasks. This contrasts with narrow AI, which is limited to particular tasks. [1] Artificial superintelligence (ASI), on the other hand, refers to AGI that greatly goes beyond human cognitive abilities. AGI is considered among the meanings of strong AI.

Creating AGI is a main goal of AI research study and of companies such as OpenAI [2] and Meta. [3] A 2020 study determined 72 active AGI research study and development projects throughout 37 nations. [4]
The timeline for achieving AGI remains a subject of continuous dispute among researchers and professionals. Since 2023, some argue that it may be possible in years or decades