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When Will AGI Arrive? Here's What Our Tech Lords Predict

The Next Web, Friday, May 5,2023

DeepMind's founder has added his forecasts to the list

Every tech baron worth their Patagonia vest is talking about AGI these days - albeit with mixed feelings. Some await our robot overlords with rapturous excitement; others anticipate a digital apocalypse.

The divergence stems from varied motivations: personal perspectives, vested interests, and the ambiguity of what exactly constitutes artificial general intelligence.

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis defines it as 'human-level cognition' - and his opinion carries weight. Hassabis has made the London-based DeepMind one of the world's leading AI labs, with building AGI as its core mission.

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