Last updated: January 15, 2026 by the editorial team
Author's): AbhinayaPinreddy
Originally published in Towards Artificial Intelligence.
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Imagine waiting your whole life for an important moment. You stare at the horizon, expecting fireworks and fanfare. Meanwhile, the thing you're waiting for calmly walks in through the back door, sits down, and starts doing its job.
The article discusses the current state and implications of artificial general intelligence (AGI), highlighting that, according to Anthropic's Daniela Amodei, AI may have already surpassed human-level intelligence in specific tasks while society is still busy defining what AGI really means. This raises concerns about changing definitions of AGI, where AI achievements are often downplayed or dismissed as beyond human capabilities. The article highlights that instead of focusing on when AGI will emerge, we should focus on how to adapt to a reality in which artificial intelligence competently performs many valuable tasks.
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