The post During The AI Journey To AGI There Is Concern That We Will Be Like Frogs In A Slowly Boiling Pot appeared com. Maybe we are all frogs in a soon to be boiling pot of water when it comes to pushing AI toward becoming AGI. getty In today’s column, I examine an intriguing premonition that humankind will be subjected to the proverbial boiling frog theory during our journey from conventional AI to the vaunted attainment of AGI (artificial general intelligence). The gist is said to be this. We are going to get closer and closer to AGI on a gradual stepwise basis and won’t realize that we are heading toward our ultimate doom. The subtle incremental steps will fool us into not recognizing that we are in a lot of trouble and ought to ditch the AGI pathway. We will get cooked just like an oblivious frog in a pot of boiling water. Let’s talk about it. This analysis of an innovative AI breakthrough is part of my ongoing Forbes column coverage on the latest in AI, including identifying and explaining various impactful AI complexities (see the link here). Heading Toward AGI And ASI First, some fundamentals are required to set the stage for this weighty discussion. There is a great deal of research going on to further advance AI. The general goal is to either reach artificial general intelligence (AGI) or maybe even the outstretched possibility of achieving artificial superintelligence (ASI). AGI is AI that is considered on par with human intellect and can seemingly match our intelligence. ASI is AI that has gone beyond human intellect and would be superior in many if not all feasible ways. The idea is that ASI would be able to run circles around humans by outthinking us at every turn. For more details on the nature of conventional AI versus AGI and ASI, see my analysis at the link here. We have not yet.
