Google DeepMind CEO warns AI is at “species-level transition”

Google DeepMind CEO warns AI is at “species-level transition”

Google DeepMind co-founder and CEO Demis Hassabis said artificial intelligence is entering a period unlike previous technological shifts, calling it a “species-level transition” that leaves humanity with “little margin for error” over the next decade. During his talk with University President Jonathan Levin ’94 at the Graduate School of Business (GSB) last Friday, Hassabis said AI is currently in the “foothills of the singularity,” with technolo…