1.0Simon Institute for Longterm Governancehttps://simoninstitute.chsofia miktonrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="DM7nmhbLrB"><a href="https://simoninstitute.ch/blog/post/what-is-artificial-general-intelligence">What is Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)? An Explainer for Policymakers</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://simoninstitute.ch/blog/post/what-is-artificial-general-intelligence/embed#?secret=DM7nmhbLrB" width="600" height="338" title="“What is Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)? An Explainer for Policymakers” — Simon Institute for Longterm Governance" data-secret="DM7nmhbLrB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://simoninstitute.ch/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://simoninstitute.ch/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250610_agi_explainer2-scaled.png25601435Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) refers to AI systems that perform well on a wide range of cognitive tasks. More demanding AGI definitions also require that these AI systems can learn and reason, that they can physically manipulate objects in the real world, and that they produce economically valuable work. Building AGI is the declared goal […]