@nbro @nbro Hello. Thank you for your answer but I am not looking to jump into things like AIXI at this point. In fact, I have to first teach myself stuff like programming (Python and C), probability and statistics - basically, I am just starting out. That's why I am asking if it would be a good idea to first become proficient in the concepts of current AI.

My only worry is that if many areas of current AI might not be at all relevant to AGI research (for instance, you yourselves say that AI and AGI are not the same thing on the link - ai.stackexchange.com/questions/6267/… ) and I might be wasting time learning them.

@nbro The book I have in mind dates from the mid-1990s and covers genetic algorithms. Not exactly career advice today, I would say ;-) What I wanted to know is what CS concepts, level of mathematics and possibly programming language are required. Since the book is old, there is no preview on Amazon.