General-purpose AI

What is AGI? Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is an intelligence that surpasses humans in all intellectual domains, as opposed to traditional AI, which is only good at certain tasks.The key to this is autonomy. Until now, all tools have been under human control. Hammers, chainsaws, cars, airplanes... they can only be used safely when held and controlled by humans. But what if AI had autonomy? A hammer could suddenly hit someone on its own, an airplane could fly to the edge of the universe on its own accord, and a car could stop moving because it wanted to “take a break.” What if an AGI that's better than humans has free will,...