Does AI already have human-level intelligence? The evidence is clear

When will artificial intelligence systems achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI), when defined as the ability to convincingly imitate the “broad, flexible cognitive competence” of a person? We’re already there, argue four scholars in philosophy, machine learning, linguistics and cognitive science who look back to a seminal 1950 paper by Alan Turing as their guide. Large language models can already chat convincingly, write passable poetry and prose, solve mathematics problems, propose scientific experiments and assist in writing computer code. “The machines Turing envisioned 75 years ago have finally arrived, in a form both more alien and more human than anyone imagined,” write the authors, who argue that recognising this matters for understanding our minds and world.