Human AI is Decades Away, But We Need to Start the Debate Now | Demis Hassabis | Google Zeitgeist
What it is
Demis Hassabis of DeepMind speaks at Google Zeitgeist, saying human-level AI is decades away but the debate should start now. He covers DeepMind's focus on game-playing agents.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN cites it for the DeepMind CEO's early views on AI and its game-playing focus, in AlphaGo and OpenAI threads.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2015, last 2016
What HN commenters said
“I reference it because I already felt the same in my work on A.I”
Hassabis on AI, related to physics thinking
dframe, 2015-09 · Recommendation · in “Visions of Future Physics”
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Topics: deepmind, demis hassabis, agi, ai debate, game-playing ai
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