DeepMind's Denny Zhou: AGI = Transformer + Reasoning
denny_zhou · x · 2026-08-10
In his 2025 Stanford lecture, Google DeepMind's Denny Zhou proposed that AGI can be simply defined as 'Transformer + Reasoning.' He argues that the remaining hurdles are merely data and scaling, while everything else is just marginal optimization.
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