The path to artificial superintelligence
Summary
Current AI systems struggle to coordinate across multiple domains because they lack the 'connective tissue' to work together toward shared goals. Researchers propose building an 'Internet of Cognition,' a semantic layer combined with an 'Internet of Agents' (a connectivity layer using standardized protocols) that would let independent AI agents discover each other, share intent and reasoning, and solve problems collaboratively without human intervention. This represents a shift from building ever-larger individual AI models to enabling many agents to work as coordinated teams, similar to how humans evolved from isolated individuals to civilization.
Solution / Mitigation
Outshift has built AGNTCY, an open-source connectivity layer now under the Linux Foundation, which allows agents across different systems to find each other, prove identity, and exchange messages through open, standardized protocols. This enables a semantic layer supporting three key capabilities: shared intent through cognition state protocols (allowing agents to agree on goals before acting and negotiate toward them), shared context (pooling knowledge and memory), and shared reasoning (making collective trade-offs).
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Original source: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/27/1140724/the-path-to-artificial-superintelligence/
First tracked: July 27, 2026 at 02:00 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 75%