AI jargon decoded: what AGI and alignment really mean
CNN Business explains key AI buzzwords: AGI (artificial general intelligence) would learn and reason across tasks like a human, but there’s no widely agreed definition or test for when it’s reached; superintelligence would outperform humans across domains; recursive self-improvement is when AI systems improve themselves; alignment is the effort to ensure AI follows human values and intentions, a difficult problem to specify and monitor. The piece notes mixed predictions about timelines from industry leaders and highlights real concerns from experts like Geoffrey Hinton about the potential loss of human control as AI becomes smarter.
