Demis Hassabis Says AGI is Just Around the Corner
paulfabretti · x · 2026-07-15
Sundar Pichai reshared an article by Demis Hassabis, calling it "worth reading."
The core argument is that AGI could arrive within the next few years, marking a critical turning point in human history. Hassabis defines AGI as a system possessing the full range of human cognitive abilities, framing this as the dawn of a new era.
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