Google launches DeepMind Institute; Shane Legg says we're approaching AGI
ZeroStateReflex · x · 2026-09-16
Google has announced the DeepMind Institute. In the launch article, co-founder Shane Legg writes that the rapid pace of innovation suggests we're now approaching artificial general intelligence — a system exhibiting all the cognitive capabilities of the human brain. He acknowledges AI still fails at basic tasks and lacks the consistency and creativity of full AGI, but says 'we expect those gaps to be closed soon.'
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