AGI Is Already Here—Why Don’t We Notice? The Five Task Model: The Rosetta Blueprint for AGI

This article introduces the Five Task Model — a framework rooted not in speculation, but in comparative analysis across hundreds of representative species. It reveals how life structures cognition through five core adaptive tasks, each corresponding to a distinct domain of informational flow. These tasks gave rise to Basic Cognitive-Behavioral Structures (BCBS): functional, task-specific controllers that guide perception, decision-making, and behavior across all species. The architecture they form is panalogical — evolutionary in origin, but not biologically bound. We argue that AGI does not require new technology or biological mimicry. It requires recognition and correct assembly of these cognitive controllers. AGI is not an invention. It is a reconstruction — and it is already within reach.