GPT-4 as a human level AGI is reasonable as a matter of evaluating the meaning of words, but this meaning of “AGI” doesn’t cut reality at its joints. Humans are a big deal not for the reason of being at human level, but because there is capability for unbounded technological progress, including through building superintelligence. Ability for such progress doesn’t require being superintelligent, so it’s a different thing. For purposes of AI timelines it’s the point where history starts progressing at AI speed rather than at human speed. There should be a name for this natural concept, and “AGI” seems like a reasonable option.
GPT-4 as a human level AGI is reasonable as a matter of evaluating the meaning of words, but this meaning of “AGI” doesn’t cut reality at its joints. Humans are a big deal not for the reason of being at human level, but because there is capability for unbounded technological progress, including through building superintelligence. Ability for such progress doesn’t require being superintelligent, so it’s a different thing. For purposes of AI timelines it’s the point where history starts progressing at AI speed rather than at human speed. There should be a name for this natural concept, and “AGI” seems like a reasonable option.
I agree that this is an important distinction, but I personally prefer to call it “transformative AI” or some such.