00:00Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says that artificial general intelligence could arrive within the next five years.
00:08In fact, he describes the current period as a threshold moment for the technology.
00:17Speaking at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, Hassabis told attendees that researchers are only beginning to see what
00:24autonomous systems can accomplish.
00:26The co-founder said he aims to apply AI to advance scientific research, medicine and climate change solutions.
00:34So if I was to try and quantify what's coming down the line with the advent of AGI, I think
00:39it's going to be one of the most momentous periods in human history.
00:45Probably something more like the advent of fire or electricity.
00:49One way maybe we can quantify that is, I think it's going to be something like 10 times the impact
00:54of the Industrial Revolution.
00:56But happening at 10 times the speed, probably unfolding in a matter of a decade rather than a century.
01:03Artificial general intelligence refers to AI systems that can match or exceed human cognitive abilities across a wide range of
01:11tasks, unlike current AI that excels in specific areas.
01:16Google DeepMind, formed through the 2014 merger of Google's AI division with the London-based DeepMind Laboratory, has developed AI
01:24systems including the AlphaGo program that defeated world champions in the board game Go.
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