Artificial General Intelligence: Lofty Goal or Fool's Errand?

Despite more than 50 years of experimentation with artificial general intelligence (AGI), mankind still hasn't achieved the goal of creating a single machine that can perform all cognitive tasks as well as humans can. But what if there was a way to attain AGI-level artificial intelligence (AI) using today's technology? The fact is that artificial narrow intelligence (ANI) systems are already available that can approximate the capabilities of AGI by employing multiple cognitive engines in a parallel-processing architecture. And with the number of commercially-available cognitive engines expanding exponentially, this approach will enable ANI to rapidly overtake and even surpass human capabilities. Moreover, with the AI market set to expand by nearly a factor of 60 from 2016 to 2022, this method represents the best way for companies to capitalize on the industry's growth potential.