ClaimsDemis Hassabis

“But I think we’re starting to see the beginnings of these large models being transferable to the robotics regime.”

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

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Early signs show large models becoming transferable to robotics.

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Demis Hassabis, “Early signs show large models becoming transferable to robotics.” (said 28 February 2024). Verdict: research failed. Reliability API, claim c_5516ebcf880d, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_5516ebcf880d

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