Demis Hassabis

It's very important that we have international summits to bring the international community together [...] make sure the opportunities benefit the whole world

If we can, maybe it would be good to have a slightly slower pace than we’re currently predicting, [...] so that we can get this right societally. [...] I think so. [...] international collaboration.

If we can, maybe it would be good to have a slightly slower pace than we’re currently predicting, [...] so that we can get this right societally. [...] I think so. [...] international collaboration.

We are standing in the foothills of the singularity. [...] I think what we're seeing is soft self-improvement, in the sense of these coding agents are making engineers much more productive.

So I think we'll solve it if we get our act together, we do this internationally, put all the best minds on it, we get going now... And I think given sufficient time with sufficient brain power — I believe in human ingenuity — I think we'll get this ...

If a critical flaw or exploit is discovered in an open-source AI system, there is no centralized recall mechanism.

The risk from the technology itself, as it becomes more autonomous, more agent-based, is what's going to happen over the next few years. We have to make sure we keep control of the systems, that they're aligned with our values, that they're doing wha...

endowing rogue nations or terrorists with tools to synthesize a deadly virus. [...] keep the “weights” of the most powerful models out of the public’s hands.

endowing rogue nations or terrorists with tools to synthesize a deadly virus. [...] keep the “weights” of the most powerful models out of the public’s hands.

I would advocate for a kind of CERN for AGI, and by that, I mean a kind of international research-focused high-end collaboration on the frontiers of AGI development to try and make that as safe as possible. You would also have to pair it with a kind...