An interview with Monica Anderson -- Part 2

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is an emerging field aiming at the building of "thinking machines"; that is, general-purpose systems with intelligence comparable to that of the human mind. What is currently labeled'artificial intelligence' is largely narrow automated knowledge work, lacking the flexibility and adaptability seen in animal intelligence. The pursuit of AGI begins at a foundational level, asking fundamental questions about models of cognition, knowledge acquisition, making choices through reason, thinking and conceiving the world in adaptive and intuitive ways. You emphasize the importance and value of "artificial understanding" of human language. What are the current "natural language processing" systems (Siri, Alexa, chat-bots, etc.) doing and how does this differ from what AGI is striving for w/regards to working with language? None of the language understanding systems go beyond identifying words correctly in context; this is a major step forward, but not enough.