Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s remarks are currently making headlines. He said that AGI—meaning artificial general intelligence—has already been achieved. This is a fairly significant claim, because until now, no major figure had made such a direct statement.

Huang told Lex Fridman that AGI can be defined as the kind of system where an AI can carry out real economic tasks—such as generating billions of dollars in revenue. He also added that running a company with an AI or launching low-cost services for billions of people no longer seems impossible. This signals an important shift at the functional level.

To be honest, there has never been any consensus on the definition of AGI. Today’s AI systems are powerful in specific areas like writing or coding, but AGI should have the ability to learn, reason, and adapt across different domains. Huang’s example suggests that existing systems have already gotten quite close.

But this claim is highly controversial. Many researchers believe that today’s AI still struggles with reliability, long-term planning, and understanding the real world. No major scientific or regulatory organization has confirmed the arrival of AGI. So the question is—are Huang’s remarks correct, or is this simply a claim that the next frontier is within reach?

If AGI has truly arrived, the consequences will be huge. From software development to business operations, the entire global economy could be transformed. For now, the debate will continue—and Huang’s statement only makes it more intense.