Is artificial intelligence the last human invention?

What makes humans different from current AI is our general intelligence .

Technically, humans can acquire any knowledge. We are good at many skills and do very different tasks, from playing chess to writing to solving scientific puzzles. Some of us are experts in some areas and beginners in others, but technically, we can do it all.

Previously, AI was very narrow, only good at one skill and almost unable to perform other skills. But now that AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) has begun to be researched, what will happen when AI possesses general intelligence like us?

 What happens when AI has general intelligence like us?

While this may sound like science fiction, most AI researchers believe it will happen at some point this century, possibly within a few years.

We have defined intelligence as the ability to learn, reason, acquire knowledge and skills, and use them to solve problems. All things that humans are good at. Today's AIs like ChatGPT are already thinking and solving the tasks they were created for at least ten times faster than very skilled humans. If AGIs emerge and are as smart as the average human, it would be terrifying, because they are not bound by the same limitations that we are.

There are 8 million scientists in the world – Now imagine an AGI, copied a million times and put into operation. Then there are a million scientists working 24/7, thinking ten times faster than humans, without distraction, focused only on the task at hand.

It would be great if AGI could do all intelligence-based tasks, from interpreting laws to coding to creating animated youtube videos — better, faster, and much cheaper than humans.

The problem with AGI , however, is that it could be used to serve the interests of a group of people. What if AGI were tasked with flying drones or pulling the trigger in a war? Or creating a virus that only kills people with blue eyes? Or creating the most profitable social media platform, so addictive that people starve to death in front of their screens?

But what scientists are most concerned about is that AGI is software on a computer, and once it gets smart enough to do AI research, the pace of AI progress will accelerate dramatically. And that leads to better AI without much human involvement.

AI could even learn to improve itself directly. And if it continues like that, it could lead to a truly superintelligent entity. And then, if we can't understand how it thinks, humans will become less intelligent and less able to control the Earth like we once did.

Whatever the future holds, we are running towards AGI.