agi for normies

How we got to AGI.

An essential guide to the ideas behind today's AI.

An illustrated park with a few families: kids, parents, and an older couple on a quiet path.

The chain

  1. 01

    Data

    Examples to learn from

  2. 02

    Learning

    Getting better from examples

  3. 03

    Neural networks

    Patterns built in layers

  4. 04

    Language models

    Predicting what comes next

  5. 05

    Reasoning

    Working through hard problems

  6. 06

    Memory

    What you keep for later

  7. 07

    Tools

    Looking up, calculating, acting

  8. 08

    Agents

    Choosing and finishing steps

  9. 09

    Harnesses

    The setup that keeps agents useful

  10. 10

    Senses

    Pictures, sound, and screens

  11. 11

    Robotics

    Intelligence with hands and sensors

  12. 12

    AGI

    Work at the level of a person