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Big tech giants like Google and Microsoft are racing to develop Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)—AI as intelligent as humans that can eventually surpass human reasoning and creativity. Dr. Ben Gertzel, a visionary leader in the field, has been working towards AGI since the late 1990s, with the anticipation of achieving artificial superintelligence within the next 1 to 3 years, aligning roughly with Ray Kurzweil's prediction of the technological singularity by 2029.