AI companies that say AGI is close are using dubious definitions to make that claim, AI pioneer says

• Everyone in the AI industry is excited about the next big leap: artificial general intelligence.
• But it's still a long way away, according to AI expert Andrew Ng.
• He said companies creating buzz about AGI arriving soon use dubious definitions of the term.

Investors are pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into the AI industry right now, and much of that is going toward the development of a still theoretical technology: artificial general intelligence.