Transformative artificial intelligence (TAI) is artificial intelligence that constitutes a transformative development, i.e. a development at least as significant as the agricultural or industrial revolutions.^[1]

Further reading

Gruetzemacher, Ross & Jess Whittlestone (2022) The transformative potential of artificial intelligence, Futures, vol. 135.

Karnofsky, Holden (2016) Some background on our views regarding advanced artificial intelligence, Open Philanthropy, May 6, section 1.

Related entries

AI governance | AI safety | economics of artificial intelligence | superintelligence | transformative development

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For a brief review of existing definitions in the literature, see Gruetzemacher, Ross & Jess Whittlestone (2022) The transformative potential of artificial intelligence, Futures, vol. 135, pp. 2–3.