Watch: Google DeepMind CEO and AI Nobel winner Demis Hassabis on CBS’ ’60 Minutes’
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Summary
A recent segment on US television news programme 60 Minutes offered an inside look at Google’s DeepMind and the meteoric vision of its CEO Demis Hassabis, who is reportedly quoteering a timeframe of 2030 for the arrival of artificial general intelligence (AGI).
In the interview, Hassabis outlined current AI’s exponential improvement curve, fuelled by growing interest, talent and resources, and highlighted the increasing focus on training systems that can interpret and act in the visual and physical world.
The segment included mentions of next-generation chatbot Astra, which interprets the visual world in real time and can create sensitive and nuanced responses, and Gemini, an AI system being trained to complete tasks such as booking tickets and shopping online, thereby demonstrating human-like ability to navigate and operate in complex environments, a step toward AGI.
Hassabis also reiterated his concern that the race for AI dominance could become a race to the bottom for safety, and stressed the need for leading players and nation-states to cooperate on ethical development and oversight.