Bloomberg reported on OpenAI’s five levels AI must meet to achieve Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Currently, OpenAI says ChatGPT 4o is at level 2.

• Level 1: Chatbots, natural language
• Level 2: Reasoners, can apply logic and solve problems at a human level
• Level 3: Agents, can perform additional actions
• Level 4: Innovators, can make new inventions
• Level 5: Can do the work of an entire organization

Each ChatGPT release pushes us closer to the next level. ChatGPT 3.5 is level 1, providing a chatbot that could understand and respond to natural human language. ChatGPT 4o, a multimodal model, is level 2, able to reason and solve problems, surpassing human performance on many tests.

The next milestone, potentially with ChatGPT 5.0 in 2025, will be level 3, envisioning an AI acting as an independent agent, able to read emails, understand content, and perform tasks without direct human prompting.

Level 4 aims for innovation, where AI not only learns but also creates new ideas and solutions.

Level 5 represents the ultimate goal, where AI can manage an entire organization, handling multiple tasks and actions autonomously. Think of Rosy from “The Jetsons” managing a home—scheduling, cleaning, cooking, and maintaining order without human intervention.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, suggests that we might achieve AGI before the end of the decade. Who knows what ChatGPT 7 or 8 might bring? All before 2030.