Google researchers deal a major blow to the theory AI is about to outsmart humans

• The race to build AI as smart as humans, or AGI, looks like it suffered a major blow.
• Google researchers found the transformer technology behind AI isn't very good at generalizing.
• "We shouldn't get too crazy about imminent AGI at this point," one AI expert told Insider.

Google researchers may have just given a major reality check to the ambitions of CEOs in chase of AI's holy grail.