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AI That Can Match Humans at Any Task Will Be Here in 5–10 Years, Google DeepMind CEO Says
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A high-profile industry statement from a leading AI lab CEO on AGI timelines; useful as a reference point for tracking how AI leaders publicly frame capabilities progress and safety priorities as of early 2025.
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Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis predicts that artificial general intelligence (AGI) capable of matching humans at any cognitive task will arrive within 5 to 10 years. He discusses the accelerating pace of AI development and emphasizes the importance of safety research keeping pace with capabilities. The article highlights industry leader perspectives on the AGI timeline debate.
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- •Demis Hassabis estimates human-level AI (AGI) will arrive within 5–10 years, reflecting an acceleration in timelines among leading AI researchers.
- •Hassabis stresses that safety research must advance in parallel with capabilities to ensure AGI is developed responsibly.
- •The prediction reflects a broader trend of shortened AGI timelines from major AI lab leaders compared to estimates from just a few years ago.
- •DeepMind's stance underscores growing urgency around AI governance, alignment, and deployment policy discussions.
- •The article situates this forecast within ongoing debates about what 'human-level' AI means and how to measure it.
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AI that can match humans at any task will be here in five to 10 years, Google DeepMind CEO says
Published Mon, Mar 17 202510:05 AM EDT
Ryan Browne@Ryan_Browne_
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Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said he thinks artificial general intelligence, or AGI, will emerge in the next five or 10 years.
AGI broadly relates to AI that is as smart or smarter than humans.
"We're not quite there yet. These systems are very impressive at certain things. But there are other things they can't do yet, and we've still got quite a lot of research work to go before that," Hassabis said.
Google DeepMind co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Demis Hassabis speaks during the Mobile World Congress, the telecom industry's biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 26, 2024.
Pau Barrena | Afp | Getty Images
LONDON — Artificial intelligence that can match humans at any task is still some way off — but it's only a matter of time before it becomes a reality, according to the CEO of Google DeepMind.
Speaking at a briefing in DeepMind's London offices on Monday, Demis Has
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