Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is an area of artificial intelligence (AI) research in which scientists are striving to create a computer system that is generally smarter than humans. These hypothetical systems may have a degree of self-understanding and self-control — including the ability to edit their own code — and be able to learn to solve problems like humans, without being trained to do so.
The term was first coined in "Artificial General Intelligence" (Springer, 2007), a collection of essays edited by computer scientist Ben Goertzel and AI researcher Cassio Pennachin. But the concept has existed for decades throughout the history of AI, and features in plenty of popular science fiction books and movies.
