Kavli Affiliate: Max Tegmark
| First 5 Authors: Dan Hendrycks, Dan Hendrycks, , ,
| Summary:
The lack of a concrete definition for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
obscures the gap between today’s specialized AI and human-level cognition. This
paper introduces a quantifiable framework to address this, defining AGI as
matching the cognitive versatility and proficiency of a well-educated adult. To
operationalize this, we ground our methodology in Cattell-Horn-Carroll theory,
the most empirically validated model of human cognition. The framework dissects
general intelligence into ten core cognitive domains-including reasoning,
memory, and perception-and adapts established human psychometric batteries to
evaluate AI systems. Application of this framework reveals a highly "jagged"
cognitive profile in contemporary models. While proficient in
knowledge-intensive domains, current AI systems have critical deficits in
foundational cognitive machinery, particularly long-term memory storage. The
resulting AGI scores (e.g., GPT-4 at 27%, GPT-5 at 57%) concretely quantify
both rapid progress and the substantial gap remaining before AGI.
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