People once used “AGI” to contrast with narrow systems that handle only one task—spam filters, fraud detectors, zip-code readers. Back then, AGI pointed toward the dream of an AI as flexible as a human mind. Now, leading models already cross some people’s AGI thresholds while missing others’ by a mile. That mismatch matters because when researchers or policymakers say “AGI,” they might mean anything from a system that matches human performance on cognitive tests to one that can run civilization without human help. We’ve moved inside a fuzzy cloud of overlapping but divergent definitions. Because AI progress isn’t a smooth curve—performance on different tasks jumps around—those gaps will only widen. Some experts claim we hit AGI in early 2025; others insist it’s still a decade off. Calling for a clear moment when “we know AGI when we see it” has failed. Rather than cling to a single catch-all term, the author argues, we should pick specific milestones: fully automated AI research pipelines, AI as adaptable as humans, self-sufficient machines, or AI with consciousness or moral standing. For those who want to predict that AI still has miles to go, “superintelligence” works as a rough stand-in for capabilities far beyond today’s models. But even that label is a fuzzy cloud until you pin down what “far beyond” entails. Instead of labels, the post recommends vivid, concrete benchmarks—say, civilization’s energy output multiplying tenfold each year or autonomous probes heading to other star systems. In practice, the lack of a shared, detailed vocabulary hampers collaboration on safety, regulation, and predictions. Three people using “AGI” might envision completely different endpoints: tool-using GPT-4, a machine running global infrastructure solo, or an artificial brain with human-style consciousness. If we swap broad terms for sharply defined milestones, discussions about timelines and risks become more reliable. Ten years from now, calling something AGI will feel as outdated as talking about “laptops” when people already carry smartphones.