The AGI Definition War That's Breaking Contracts & Changing Laws
We keep hearing this: “AGI is coming.” But what exactly is AGI? Let’s explore this critical question. Three Different Lenses Let’s look at AI through three different lenses. The Economics Lens OpenAI defines AGI as “highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work.” Their focus is entirely economic—it’s about jobs and economic productivity. When framed this way, the definition essentially states: if AI surpasses humans at most work that people are paid to perform, then we have achieved AGI. The moment AI can produce the majority of economically valuable work, we’ve crossed the AGI threshold. ...