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gc"><p id="e045" class="pw-post-body-paragraph nn no gz np b ht nq nr ns hw nt nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi gs bk"><strong class="np ha">Demis Hassabis is refreshingly measured</strong> when discussing the path toward AGI, or human-level artificial intelligence.</p><p id="41c0" class="pw-post-body-paragraph nn no gz np b ht nq nr ns hw nt nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi gs bk">The Google DeepMind CEO and recent Nobel Prize winner doesn’t believe any research house will reach AGI this year, and he’s quick to call out those who hype the technology in the name of business goals. But that doesn’t mean he’s not ambitious.</p><p id="2af5" class="pw-post-body-paragraph nn no gz np b ht nq nr ns hw nt nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi gs bk">In a wide-ranging interview at Google DeepMind offices in London, Hassabis laid out his vast plans for building smarter AIs, putting Google’s assistants in smart glasses, and using AI to develop virtual cells to attack disease. He also spoke plainly about the challenge of getting LLMs to be creative, and how recent models have tried to deceive their evaluators.</p><p id="352e" class="pw-post-body-paragraph nn no gz np b ht nq nr ns hw nt nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi gs bk">You can listen to (or watch) our full conversation on <a class="af oj" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/google-deepmind-ceo-demis-hassabis-the-path-to-agi/id1522960417?i=1000684998602" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a class="af oj" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1TdaC7eYBlnDQKMn55J5Ag?si=7GAlfuNWS9SIm82Kf9t0Lg" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a> (now with video), your <a class="af oj" href="https://pod.link/1522960417/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">podcast app of choice</a>, or <a class="af oj" href="https://youtu.be/yr0GiSgUvPU?si=ZDoypPgP5_UlfXyV" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. 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