Glossary

Term	Definition (according to Nigel)
Alignment	The challenge of ensuring the goals and values of AIs match the goals and values of humanity.
Agent	An AI that can work on a task without human instruction or supervision is said to be an agent or agentic AI.
AGI	Artificial General Intelligence. An advanced level of AI that can think and reason on a broad range of topics to the same level as an educated adult human. AGIs learn from their experiences and become more intelligent.
ANI	Artificial Narrow Intelligence. A low level of AI that can only do a specific “narrow” task and cannot learn new skills for itself. Also referred to as weak intelligence.
Anthropic	AI research company with a focus on AI safety. Creators of Claude.
ASI	Artificial Superintelligence. An extremely advanced AI that can think, learn, and reason far better than a human. We haven’t invented ASI yet.
Bias	AIs learn from humans and inevitably pick up...