A field guide to AI positions

Artificial general intelligence

Capability concept.

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Newest dated source: 2023-11-04

Assessed at this edition's evidence cutoff: 2026-09-15. 18-month boundary: 2025-03-15.

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AI with broad capabilities across tasks; definitions differ, so any claim about achieving it needs clear criteria. [1]

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Limits & distinctions

A claim that AGI has arrived needs a definition and evidence against that definition. Generality, autonomy and safety are different dimensions. [1]

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A fuller explanation

AI with broad rather than narrowly specialized capabilities. Definitions differ; one research framework separates breadth, performance and autonomy to make comparisons more explicit. [1]

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How it relates to the map

A proposed capability threshold, not a position on whether to accelerate or pause. [1]

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  1. 1. Levels of AGI for Operationalizing Progress on the Path to AGI

    Meredith Ringel Morris and coauthors / arXiv · First-hand source · Published 2023-11-04 · Updated 2025-09-24 · Material last read 2026-09-15

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    Newest dated source: 2023-11-04

    Assessed at this edition's evidence cutoff: 2026-09-15. 18-month boundary: 2025-03-15.

    Publication age does not tell us whether a claim is still valid. Reading an old source again does not make its publication date newer. An update date does not establish that the passage we used was updated.

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    Read abstract, Table 1 and autonomy discussion. Proposed distinctions between breadth, performance and autonomy; no current model classification adopted.

    Source ID: agi-levels

Edition and machine-readable evidence

Content version 0.20.0. Evidence cutoff 2026-09-15; this does not mean every source was read on that day.

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