The Rundown AI: Demis Hassabis: AI demands ‘continual learning’

Posted on September 15, 2025 by michelleclarke2015
 Demis Hassabis: AI demands ‘continual’ learning
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The Rundown: The top skill for the next generation in an AI-driven world? Learning how to learn. Speaking in Athens, Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, said mastering this skill is crucial as AI reshapes education, work, and industries.
The details:
Hassabis warned that the pace of AI change is so fast that “the only thing you can say for certain is that huge change is coming. ”He added that AGI (when AI matches humans at most tasks) could be achieved in a decade, bringing dramatic advances and a future of “radical abundance.”Thriving in this era will require meta-skills—the ability to continually optimize the learning approach to new subjects—alongside traditional knowledge.Hassabis added that this phase of lifelong learning is unavoidable, noting he is sure that people will have to continually learn “throughout their careers.”
Why it matters: The idea of learning a single skill and working with it for 5–10 years before needing to upskill is changing. In an AI-driven world, workers and students will need to constantly track developments in their domain, find ways to stay ahead of the curve, and differentiate themselves to build successful careers.

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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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