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Changes at Google DeepMind: Demis Hassabis from CEO to Chair, Jeff Dean departs

820 points · 876 comments · colesantiago

  1. nsagent · · focus · HN ↗
    Considering Hassabis co-founded Deepmind to pursue AGI, I take this pivot as a tacit understanding on his part that Deepmind isn't on a path towards AGI in the near future. They might at some point, but they cannot be close in his estimation, otherwise why leave now?
    1. fsuts · · focus · HN ↗
      Agree, also see it as a admission that agi isn’t close
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