A Google executive has revealed the terrifyingly fast pace at which artificial intelligence is advancing, predicting AI will have all the capabilities that humans do within the next decade.
Demis Hassabis, the CEO of DeepMind at Google, shared on a Sunday’s episode of 60 Minutes he believes scientists are on track to create Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) within the next five to ten years.
AGI refers to artificial intelligence with software that rivals the cognitive ability of a human.
It’s a hypothetical stage of AI advancement, as currently the technology can only pull from existing content and doesn’t have the curiosity or imagination to create new concepts like humans do.
However, Hassabis believes that AGI is on track to become ’embedded’ in our daily lives by 2035.
‘We’ll have a system that really understands everything around you in very nuanced and deep ways,’ Hassabis told 60 Minutes host Scott Pelley.
Hassabis said he expects AI will have the same capabilities as humans by 2035, and he anticipates a ‘breakthrough in robotics’ where robots can begin to mimic human activity.
The AI expert said that today’s technology hasn’t yet achieved ‘consciousness’ and revealed that it’s a possibility that AI bots may eventually develop self-awareness.





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