Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is a hypothetical form of artificial intelligence in which a machine can learn and think like a human. AGI is considered to be strong artificial intelligence (AI), which contrasts with weak or narrow AI, which is the application of artificial intelligence to solve one specific problem. AGI would need self-awareness and the ability to learn, reason, solve problems, and communicate in natural language. The development of AGI is a primary goal of some artificial intelligence research and of companies such as OpenAI, DeepMind, and Anthropic. AGI is also known as strong AI, full AI, human-level AI, or general intelligent action. However, some academic sources reserve the term "strong AI" for computer programs that experience sentience or consciousness.

AGI is a subcategory of AI, and the former can be seen as an upgraded version of the latter. Many forms of AI rely on algorithms or pre-programmed rules to guide their actions and learn how to operate in a certain environment. In contrast, AGI would be able to act on abstract thinking, common sense, background knowledge, transfer learning, and cause and effect. The realization of AGI would mean AI that could perform any task that a human being is capable of.

AGI is a common topic in science fiction and futures studies. The development of AGI would transform life as we know it and could bring about autonomous cars in the automotive industry, perform surgeries in the medical field, and even help humans address large-scale problems like climate change. However, AGI also has the potential of being harnessed in harmful ways, and the need to address the potential biases in today’s AI systems is well recognized, and that concern will apply to future AGI systems as well.