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Thoren compares developing understanding of intelligence to building a bridge or skyscraper—beginning with clear requirements such as durability, load capacity, and resilience. Recognizing that no universally accepted theory of general intelligence exists, he advocates for a property-oriented approach, where researchers identify key features that any robust AGI system must possess. Over the past 15–20 years, his team has distilled several fundamental properties, including cumulative learning, situatedness, reasoning, and causal modeling.