Anthropic's president says the idea of AGI may already be outdated (www.businessinsider.com)

Daniela Amodei, president and cofounder of Anthropic, has questioned the relevance of the term Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), suggesting that it no longer accurately represents the current capabilities of AI technologies. In a recent interview, she highlighted how AI can outperform humans in specific tasks, such as software development with Anthropic's Claude model, which writes code comparable to professional engineers. However, she also emphasized that AI still struggles with many tasks that humans manage easily, marking a significant contradiction in the pursuit of AGI. Amodei argues that the obsession with achieving a singular benchmark of human-level intelligence may distract from more pressing concerns about integrating advanced AI systems into organizations. As Anthropic and other companies invest heavily in developing sophisticated models, her focus shifts to understanding AI's practical applications, its limitations, and how society can effectively adopt these technologies. This perspective suggests that the future of AI should center on enhancing business operations and operationalizing AI, rather than fixating on a potentially outdated concept of AGI.