He also says AGI could maybe help with that. AGI, or artificial general intelligence, is a still theoretical version of AI that reasons as well as humans. Achieving AGI is the ultimate goal of many of the leading AI companies and is what’s largely driving the AI talent wars. Meanwhile, the world’s population growth is slowing down. In the United States, Gen Z and millennials are delaying having children or not having children at all to focus on their financial stability. Some prominent futurists, including Altman, say that’s a cause for concern.