Google DeepMind CEO has a message for those fearing AI job cuts
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis predicts that Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) could emerge by 2030, potentially ushering in a new era of human capability. While acknowledging fears regarding job displacement, he emphasizes that human ingenuity and adaptability will remain essential in an AI-driven future.
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As a leader in the field, Hassabis's timeline and perspective influence global discourse on AI safety, economic disruption, and future labor markets.
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has once again predicted that artificial intelligence is close at hand, telling an audience at Stanford Graduate School of Business that AGI could arrive around 2030, plus or minus a year. He called it an “enormous transformative technology” that will usher in “a new human era.” Hassabis also added that a decade from now, society will look back and realise it was “standing in the foothills of the singularity” — the moment when AI surpasses human intelligence and begins improving itself autonomously. Demis Hassabis said ‘We don’t have long to prepare’Hassabis has warned that society must prepare for the profound implications of AGI. With AI already automating daily tasks and coding work, fears of job displacement are rising.
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