The article argues that “AGI” has become a fuzzy umbrella term with conflicting definitions, making it useless for tracking AI progress or predicting major shifts. It urges us to drop AGI in favor of clear, concrete milestones—like fully automated AI R&D, human-level adaptability, or self-sufficient AI—to ground discussions and forecasts.

• "AGI" now spans wildly different thresholds, from matching human test performance to running civilization unaided, making claims like "AGI arrived in early 2025" vs "it's a decade off" talk past each other
• Uneven, jumpy progress across tasks means definitional gaps will keep widening rather than converging
• Concrete milestones (fully automated AI R&D, human-level adaptability, self-sufficient AI, machine consciousness) or vivid benchmarks (10x annual energy growth, interstellar probes) are proposed as replacements for fuzzy labels like AGI or superintelligence
• Swapping vague umbrella terms for specific milestones would make safety, regulation, and timeline discussions more reliable