DeepMind Co-founder Shane Legg: My 2008 PhD Thesis Was Well Ahead of Its Time
ShaneLegg · x · 2026-09-23
DeepMind co-founder Shane Legg quipped that his 2008 PhD thesis was "well ahead of its time." Legg's doctoral work laid groundwork for formal AGI definitions and intelligence measures (e.g., universal intelligence), once seen as premature but now resurfacing amid the AGI boom.
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