ClaimsDemis Hassabis

“I think by far the quickest way to get to AGI, and the most plausible way, is to use all the knowledge that’s existing in the world right now that we’ve collected from things like the Web.”

Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind 28 February 2024 Demis Hassabis — Scaling, superhuman AIs, AlphaZero atop LLMs, AlphaFold (Dwarkesh Podcast)

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Demis Hassabis said he thinks the quickest and most plausible route to AGI is to use existing world knowledge collected from sources like the Web.

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Prediction about the route to AGI with no horizon.

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Demis Hassabis, “Demis Hassabis said he thinks the quickest and most plausible route to AGI is to use existing world knowledge collected from sources like the Web.” (said 28 February 2024). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_08f214d412d7, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_08f214d412d7

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More prediction claims by Demis Hassabis

  1. Resolved true Prediction 28 February 2024
    “I think the next versions of this over the next year, 18 months, we’ll maybe have some contextual understanding of the environment around you through a camera or a phone or some glasses.”

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  2. Resolved true Prediction 23 July 2025
    “I think fusion and solar are the two that I would bet on.”

    Asked whether it would be nuclear fusion, Demis Hassabis said he thinks fusion and solar are the two energy sources he would bet on.

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