$1\mathrm{.}9($Research: Artificial General Intelligence$)$ One of the most ambitious goals in the field of AI is to achieve artificial general intelligence$$the point at which machine intelligence would equal human intelligence. Research this intriguing topic. When is this forecast to happen? What are some key ethical issues this raises? Human intelligence seems to be stable over long periods. Powerful computers with artificial general intelligence could conceivably $($and quickly$)$ evolve intelligence far beyond that of humans. Research and discuss the issues this raises.