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The Rundown: We sat down with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis for an exclusive interview discussing when he expects AGI, AI’s role in drug discovery, which diseases are likely to get cured first, and what he thinks is still going unnoticed.
The details:
- Hassabis said AGI is on track for 2030, plus or minus a year, but a few things remain unsolved: world physics, memory, consistency, and continual learning.
- Timelines have hardened on drug discovery, too, with focus on oncology and immunology first and eventually an engine that could help cure any disease.
- After AGI, Hassabis said he’d turn to understanding the nature of reality using AI and study more philosophical topics, like what it means to be human.
- He said he can’t wait to see what students will build with advanced AI, adding that taste, original thinking, and emotional connection will be more valuable.
Why it matters: This interview with Hassabis paints a picture that AGI is going to be here soon, provided we fix the gaps. It will be an interesting age with kids growing up with advanced AI in their hands, and we can surely expect some big discoveries. The question is: will the adults be able to adapt to this new reality as quickly?
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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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