Understand AGI

A structured learning resource

Learn what AGI is, how it is developing and why it matters.

Not another news site. A course-shaped resource that takes you from the first definition to reading the research yourself, in an order that actually builds.

Free · the reading list

Get the AGI Reading List, then a module a fortnight.

Every paper worth reading on AGI, with one line on what each is actually for and who it is written for. Free, and free to leave.

You will also get AGI, Made Clear, keeping you up to date on AGI and ASI developments in a field that moves faster than anyone can follow. One click leaves it.

The syllabus

ModuleSubjectLength
Start here Understanding AGI

What the term means, where it came from, and why four sensible people can disagree about whether we are close.

4 min
Module 1 The definitions, compared

The published definitions side by side, and what each one would actually require before it was satisfied.

6 min
Module 2 How capability is measured

What a benchmark tests, what it does not, and how to read a score without being misled by it.

5 min
Module 3 Who is building AGI

The labs, their stated goals, their published research and the commercial pressures acting on all of it.

5 min
Module 4 Key papers explained

The foundational and current research, in plain English, with the original linked.

12 min
Reference The AGI glossary

Every term you will meet on this site, defined once, properly, and cross-referenced.

6 min

Three routes through

Route one

Beginner

You want to follow the conversation confidently. Start here, then Module 1, then the glossary as you need it.

Route two

Business

You need to make decisions. Start here, then Module 3, then across to AGI at Work for the practical layer.

Route three

Technical

You can read the papers, you want the map. Straight to Module 2, then Module 4, glossary as reference.

The reference library

Curated rather than comprehensive. Everything here is read before it is listed.

01Foundational papers
05Benchmark documentation
02Current lab research
06Critical and sceptical writing
03Definitions and charters
07Governance and policy sources
04Economic analyses
08Recommended reading list

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