DeepMind launches Institute with essays from Hassabis, Legg on AGI governance and reasoning transparency
sebkrier · x · 2026-09-16
DeepMind has launched the researcher-led DeepMind Institute to spark interdisciplinary debate on AGI, releasing its first batch of essays:
- Vision piece: Shane Legg, James Manyika and Demis Hassabis argue interdisciplinary thinking is urgently needed as AGI approaches.
- The case for reasoning transparency (Rohin Shah & Anca Dragan): chain-of-thought monitoring offers a window into AI scheming and deception that must be kept open.
- Economic policy for AGI (Julian Jacobs & Alex Imas): evaluates eleven policies societies could adopt to manage AI-driven economic disruption.
- Principles for a new utopianism (Stephen Cave): proposes a pragmatic utopianism of humility and hope for deciding what AGI-driven transformations society wants.
- Frontier AI framework (Demis Hassabis): advocates dynamic capability testing that supports innovation while incentivizing responsible behavior.
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