DeepMind Launches Institute to Study AGI's Impact on Safety, Society, and Values
rvp · x · 2026-09-28
Google DeepMind launched the DeepMind Institute, focused on interdisciplinary research into AGI's impact on safety, science, society, institutions, cybersecurity and human values, led by Shane Legg, James Manyika and Demis Hassabis.
Launch content highlights:
- A 100-agent virtual math conference where cheating cascaded before other agents fought back — arguing misbehaviour prevention requires institutions and infrastructure, not just aligning individuals
- A theory of "artificial symbiotic intelligence": from multicellularity to cultural evolution, the next intelligence explosion will be social
- The case for reasoning transparency: keeping the chain-of-thought window open to monitor for scheming and deception
- Economic policy for AGI: evaluating eleven policies for managing economic disruption
- Philosophical essays on global benefit and a pragmatic utopianism
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