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Clear all filters- Sequoia Capital27 min
Demis Hassabis: We're Three Quarters of the Way to AGI
Demis Hassabis, Konstantine Buhler, Dennis
Demis Hassabis founded DeepMind with the strategic intent of leveraging game development revenue to fund the pursuit of artificial general intelligence, a goal he predicts will be realized by 2030. Following a pivotal breakthrough with AlphaFold that solved the protein folding problem, the organization expanded into Isomorphic Labs to accelerate drug discovery and is now pioneering the application of AI for scientific simulation in fields like biology and economics. Hassabis maintains that classical neural networks are sufficient to model complex biological systems and views information as the fundamental building block of the universe, positioning AI as the ultimate tool for understanding reality.
- Y Combinator41 min
Demis Hassabis: Agents, AGI & The Next Big Scientific Breakthrough
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis projects Artificial General Intelligence will emerge around 2030, contingent on inventing specific architectural breakthroughs in continual learning and structured memory rather than merely scaling current methods. While deep tech startups are warned to anticipate AGI disrupting their decade-long cycles, the organization is simultaneously deploying efficient, modular "Flash" and open-source nano models to power edge devices and accelerate scientific discovery in fields like drug design and materials science. Ultimately, DeepMind advocates for interdisciplinary collaboration between AI and physical sciences to overcome current reasoning limitations and drive the next generation of autonomous agents.
Demis Hassabis: Why AGI is Bigger than the Industrial Revolution & Where Are The Bottlenecks in AI
Demis Hassabis, Harry Stebbings
Demis Hassabis predicts that Artificial General Intelligence will emerge within five years, marking a technological shift ten times more impactful than the Industrial Revolution. DeepMind aims to solve critical bottlenecks in continual learning and hierarchical planning to accelerate AGI's application in curing diseases and resolving global energy crises. To manage the resulting societal and economic disruptions, Hassabis calls for international regulatory standards and financial mechanisms that ensure productivity gains are broadly shared while preventing dangerous dual-use risks.
- All-In Podcast32 min
Inside Google DeepMind: AGI, Robotics, & World Models Explained - Demis Hassabis
Demis Hassabis, Sir Demis Hassabis, Tucker, Mark Cuban, Paul Kinlan
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, recently honored with a Nobel Prize and knighthood for AlphaFold, outlined the organization's expansion into a 5,000-person engine room driving breakthroughs in AI, robotics, and scientific discovery. His recent presentation highlighted Genie 3's ability to generate interactive 3D worlds without manual physics coding, alongside strategic investments in a universal robotics operating system and drug discovery partnerships with pharmaceutical giants. Looking ahead, Hassabis predicts a robotics "wow moment" within two years and estimates that Artificial General Intelligence, currently hindered by a lack of intuitive creativity, remains 5 to 10 years away.