ClaimsDemis Hassabis

“when we started DeepMind back in 2010, we thought of it as a 20-year project. And I think we’re on track actually”

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

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Hassabis said that DeepMind, started in 2010, was conceived as a 20-year project, which points to about 2030, and that he thinks it is on track.

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Reasoning

deadline 2030 is after 2026-11-04

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Demis Hassabis, “Hassabis said that DeepMind, started in 2010, was conceived as a 20-year project, which points to about 2030, and that he thinks it is on track.” (said 28 February 2024). Verdict: not yet due. Reliability API, claim c_6d3a68c8e8c1, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_6d3a68c8e8c1

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