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Demis Hassabis, Google DeepMind and the Battle Over AI Safety

Demis Hassabis, Google DeepMind and the Battle Over AI Safety

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Kara speaks with journalist and author Sebastian Mallaby about his
new book, "The Infinity Machine," and its central figure: Demis
Hassabis, the CEO and co-founder of Google's AI research lab,
DeepMind, and a Nobel Prize winner in chemistry.
Sebastian argues that Hassabis is one of the original
scientist-entrepreneurs of modern AI. And although he's extremely
competitive and research-driven, Sebastian says Hassabis is also
one of the few big names in AI development who genuinely cares
about public safety. However, despite his best intentions, Hassabis
doesn’t have the power to change the race dynamic driving AI’s
rapid, and potentially unsafe, development. Kara and Sebastian
break down DeepMind's relationship with Google, the push toward
artificial general intelligence, and whether the government can
regulate the technology before something goes wrong.
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