Human-level AI is similar, but not quite as powerful as AGI, for the simple reason that many in the know expect AGI to surpass anything we mortals can accomplish. Though some see this as an argument against building HLAI, some experts believe that only an HLAI could ever be clever enough to design a true AGI – human engineers would only be necessary up to a certain point once we get the ball rolling. At a conference on HLAI held by Prague-based AI startup GoodAI in August, a number of AI experts and thought leaders were asked a simple question: "Why should we bother trying to create human-level AI?" For those AI researchers that have detached from the outside world and gotten stuck in their own little loops (yes, of course we care about your AI-driven digital marketplace for farm supplies), the responses may remind them why they got into this line of work in the first place. For the rest of us, they provide a glimpse of the great things to come. For what it's worth, this particular panel was more of a lightning round -- largely for fun, the experts were instructed to come up with a quick answer rather than taking time to deliberate and carefully choose their words.