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This episode features a direct conversation with the CEO of a leading AI lab about the future of AI and AGI.
The promise of AI with Demis Hassabis
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In this Google DeepMind podcast episode, co-founder and CEO Demis Hassabis discusses his belief in Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and the path to achieving it. He explores AI's potential to solve global challenges, touching on the role of consciousness. Hassabis also shares a personal anecdote about meeting Stephen Hawking to discuss AI's future.
Demis Hassabis, a leader at Google's AI division, explains why he thinks super-smart AI, like human intelligence, is possible. He talks about how AI could help fix big global issues and shares a story about talking with Stephen Hawking about AI's future.
This episode offers insight into Google DeepMind's vision for AGI directly from its CEO. Listeners learn about the theoretical underpinnings and potential societal impact of advanced AI. It's for anyone interested in the long-term goals of AI research and how labs like DeepMind are thinking about the future. This connects to current AI development by highlighting the ambitious research driving the field forward.
- HostHannah Fry
- GuestDemis Hassabisco-founder and CEO, DeepMind
- Guest: Demis Hassabis
- Title: The promise of AI with Demis Hassabis
- Show: Google DeepMind: The Podcast
- Length: 30 minutes
- Topic: Demis Hassabis believes AGI is possible and discusses how to get there and the problems it will solve.
- Anecdote: Demis Hassabis met with Stephen Hawking to discuss AI's future.
Hannah wraps up the series by meeting DeepMind co-founder and CEO, Demis Hassabis. In an extended interview, Demis describes why he believes AGI is possible, how we can get there, and the problems he hopes it will solve. Along the way, he highlights the important role of consciousness and why he’s so optimistic that AI can help solve many of the world’s major challenges. As a final note, Demis shares the story of a personal meeting with Stephen Hawking to discuss the future of AI and discloses Hawking’s parting message.
For questions or feedback on the series, message us on Twitter @DeepMind or email podcast@deepmind.com.
Interviewee: Deepmind co-founder and CEO, Demis Hassabis
Credits
Presenter: Hannah Fry
Series Producer: Dan Hardoon
Production support: Jill Achineku
Sounds design: Emma Barnaby
Music composition: Eleni Shaw
Sound Engineer: Nigel Appleton
Editor: David Prest
Commissioned by DeepMind
Thank you to everyone who made this season possible!
Further reading:
DeepMind, The Podcast: https://deepmind.com/blog/article/welcome-to-the-deepmind-podcast
DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis on its breakthrough scientific discoveries, WIRED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WRow9FqUbw
Riemann hypothesis, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_hypothesis
Using AI to accelerate scientific discovery by Demis Hassabis, Kendrew Lecture 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm-VkgVX-2o
Protein Folding & the Next Technological Revolution by Demis Hassabis, Bloomberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhd4ENh5ON4
The Algorithm, MIT Technology Review: https://forms.technologyreview.com/newsletters/ai-the-algorithm/
Machine learning resources, The Royal Society: https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/education-skills/teacher-resources-and-opportunities/resources-for-teachers/resources-machine-learning/
How to get empowered, not overpowered, by AI, TED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LRwvU6gEbA
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