DeepMind's Hassabis: AI could be 10x the industrial revolution — arriving in a decade, not a century
victor_explore · x · 2026-09-22
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis argues AI could have 10x the impact of the industrial revolution and land within a decade, not a century. The last revolution took a century to build the institutions needed to handle its damage — and still acted too late. This one moves 10x faster, so the tools shipped in the next few years will become the de facto rules, whether or not anyone intends it.
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