When Machines Improve Machines

The following is an excerpt from my book  Reflections on Intelligence (2016/2020).

 

The term “Artificial General Intelligence” (AGI) refers to a machine that can perform any task at least as well as any human. This is often considered the holy grail of artificial intelligence research, and also the thing that many consider likely to give rise to an “intelligence explosion”, the reason being that machines then will be able to take over the design of smarter machines, and hence their further devel...