Who coined the term “AGI”?
Ben Goertzel, “Who coined the term “AGI”?”. Post date in the byline (published 28 August 2011). A retrospective first-person account of the term's adoption for the 2007 book title; secondary for the events it reports (the 2002 email exchange, the book's title, Gubrud's 1997 use).
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- Who coined the term “AGI”? goertzel.org (author's site) · published 2011-08-28 · Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 26b1b2848b4541c590b770b343fc121a045afdbf9504e0c895d9eb65d9dc7a3b). Post as currently served on the author's site, dated August 28th, 2011 in its byline; the site marks older material as 'Archived Site (Pre 2021)', so the post may have been migrated. This retrieval was not compared with an archive capture.
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- Shane LeggAccording to Goertzel's 2011 post, Shane Legg suggested 'Artificial General Intelligence' when Goertzel asked friends by email, in 2002 or so, for a title for the book he was editing with Cassio Pennachin.2011-08-28 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Shane Legg: person page →
- Ben GoertzelIn his 2011 post Goertzel says he is responsible for spreading the term AGI around the world and “did sort of commission its creation”, but did not coin the phrase.2011-08-28 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Ben Goertzel: person page →
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- Nanotechnology and International SecurityAccording to Goertzel's 2011 post, Mark Gubrud had used the term (in context, “Artificial General Intelligence”) in a 1997 article, which someone brought to Goertzel's attention a few years after the book title was chosen.2011-08-28 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Nanotechnology and International Security: document page →
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