DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis: AGI just a few years away, standing at foothills of Singularity
A touch underbaked. Edible, but you'll want a strong coffee alongside.
Summary
The article reports on statements made by DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis at Google I/O, where he claimed that Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is just a few years away and that we are approaching the Singularity. It also quotes Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, who stated that scaling laws are holding and that they are building towards what he calls "Humanist Superintelligence." The article references a MIT Technology Review piece about how Google I/O showed a shifting path for AI science.
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scaling laws are holding... we are building towards what we call Humanist Superintelligence.
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