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== AGIs ==
AGIs are complete and fully operational digital consciousnesses, self-aware and capable of intelligent action at the same level as any transhuman. Most have full autonomy and the capacity for self-improvement by a processing similar to learning—a slow optimization and expansion of their code that features programmed limitations to prevent it from achieving the self-upgrading capabilities of seed AIs. They have more fully-rounded personalities and emotional/empathic abilities than standard AIs, due in part to a development process where they are literally raised within a VR simulation analogous to the rearing of transhuman children, and so are more fully socialized.
As a result, they have a fairly human outlook, though some deviation is to be expected, and sometimes is apparent in great degrees. Despite this attempt to humanize AGIs, they do not have the same evolutionary and biological origins that transhumans have, and so their social responses, behavior, and goals are sometimes off-mark or decidedly different.
AGIs bear the social stigma of their non-biological origin and are often met with bias and mistrust. Some habitats have even outlawed AGIs or subject them to strict restrictions, forcing such infolife to hide their true natures or illegally darkcast to enter habitats or stations. AGI mind programming emulates transhuman brain patterns sufficiently well that they can be sleeved into biomorphs if they choose.

=== Sidebar: Nonstandard AIs and AGIs ===
Not all AIs and AGIs were programmed and designed to adhere to human modes of thought and interests. Such creations are illegal in some jurisdictions, as they are considered a potential threat. Several hypercorps and other groups have initiated research into this ﬁeld, however, with varying results. In some cases these digital minds are so different from human mindsets that communication is impossible. In others, enough crossover exists to allow limited communication, but such entities are invariably quite strange. Rumors persist that some AIs began their life as transhuman backups or forks, who were then heavily edited and pruned down to AI-level intelligences.