The Impact of DeepMind's Acquisition by Google and the Advancements in AI Research

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Exploring the acquisition of DeepMind by Google, the chapter highlights the business implications and DeepMind's work on protein folding. It discusses developments in AI research, focusing on the introduction of large language models like the Transformer algorithm and the merging of DeepMind with Google's AI division. The conversation also delves into the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence, emphasizing responsible advancement and the potential implications of AI surpassing human intelligence.

For decades, Shane Legg has anticipated the arrival of “artificial general intelligence” or AGI.

In other words: an artificial agent that can do all the kinds of cognitive tasks that people can typically do, and possibly more...

Now as the Chief AGI Scientist and a co-founder of Google DeepMind, he stands by that prediction and is calling on the world to prepare.

This week on How I Built This Lab, Shane’s path to becoming an early AI expert and the work he and his team are doing to prepare for the technological revolution ahead.

This episode was produced by Sam Paulson with music composed by Ramtin Arablouei. It was edited by John Isabella with research help from Carla Esteves. Our audio engineer was Cena Loffredo.

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