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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