Demis Hassabis' 60-minute Cambridge lecture on the future of AI
HeyAmit_ · x · 2026-09-11
A roughly 60-minute Cambridge lecture by Demis Hassabis on the future of AI is circulating widely, with promoters calling it more informative about AI's trajectory than most people learn in five years.
The speaker is Google DeepMind's CEO, making it a worthwhile long-form entry point for big-picture AI views (video linked in the original post).
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