Defining AGI: Oops! All Eugenics, 2025.12.08

About this episode

Emily and Alex critique a new definition of artificial general intelligence and discuss its implications.

There's a new definition of artificial general intelligence in town, and unsurprisingly... it's bad! Alex and Emily rip up the tissue-paper-thin premises behind this latest attempt to define "intelligence." Plus, we discover that AI hypers love using logos that look like buttholes. References: "A Definition of AGI" landing page and paper-shaped objectFresh AI Hell: "What If Sea Monkeys Constantly, Sometimes Dangerously, Bullshitted People"Doctronic, the "AI doctor"NIST reports companies cheat...

People in this episode

Hosts: Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna

Topics covered

• artificial general intelligence
• AI definitions
• eugenics
• AI ethics
• technology critique

Keywords

• AGI
• artificial intelligence
• eugenics
• AI ethics
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Doctronic, NIST

Books & works: A Definition of AGI, Fresh AI Hell: "What If Sea Monkeys Constantly, Sometimes Dangerously, Bullshitted People"

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