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This weeks episode is a conversation with Demis Hassabis, the head of Googles artificial intelligence division. We talk about Googles latest A.I. models, Gemini and Gemma; the existential risks of artificial intelligence; his timelines for artificial general intelligence; and what he thinks the world will look like post-A.G.I.
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Hard Fork is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton and produced by Davis Land and Rachel Cohn . The show is edited by Jen Poyant. Engineering by Chris Wood and original music by Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Pat McCusker. Fact-checking by Caitlin Love .
Special thanks to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Nell Gallogly, Kate LoPresti and Jeffrey Miranda .
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Google DeepMind C.E.O. Demis Hassabis on the Path From Chatbots to A.G.I. - The New York Times
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