Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis: The Path To AGI, LLM Creativity, And Google Smart Glasses

Q&A with the Google AI head and Nobel laureate on the state of artificial intelligence today, and where it’s heading.

Demis Hassabis is refreshingly measured when discussing the path toward AGI, or human-level artificial intelligence.

The Google DeepMind CEO and recent Nobel Prize winner doesn’t believe any research house will reach AGI this year, and he’s quick to call out those who hype the technology in the name of business goals. But that doesn’t mean he’s not ambitious.

In a wide-ranging interview at Google DeepMind offices in London, Hassabis laid out his vast plans for building smarter AIs, putting Google’s assistants in smart glasses, and using AI to develop virtual cells to attack disease. He also spoke plainly about the challenge of getting LLMs to be creative, and how recent models have tried to deceive their evaluators.

You can listen to (or watch) our full conversation on Apple Podcasts, Spotify (now with video), your podcast app of choice, or YouTube. And the full transcript of our conversation is below, edited lightly for length and clarity.