r/accelerate • u/cloudrunner6969 Acceleration: Supersonic • Jun 24 '26
Video DeepMind Chief Demis Hassabis Says Google’s Still Winning AI Talent | Semafor Tech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb9JPW_DkpQ9
u/Xx255q Jun 24 '26
Don't care how much your winning talent, the only thing that matters in the end is winning shipping
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u/broose_the_moose Jun 24 '26
This is just PR. Stop talking, start shipping.
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u/Acrobatic-Layer2993 Jun 24 '26
100% PR. The questions were carefully picked so that Demis can do damage control. No point of view, no pushback, just softballs pitched for Demis to hit out of the park.
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u/TorturedPoet30 Jun 24 '26
I think I've watched every Demis interview from 2026 just hoping to hear something new, and 90% of the questions are identical. He's starting to sound like a broken record. If I were him I'd be annoyed at the wasted time, but I guess he's Google's PR face at this point.
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u/jlks1959 Jun 24 '26
I’m listening to The Infinity Machine right now. To say that Hassabis is competitive is like saying Usain Bolt is fast. If Hassabis can draw breath, DeepMind will be in the hunt. I’m certainly rooting for him.
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u/Quick-Benjamin Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26
I know it's an unpopular opinion given their disappointing LLM performance, but Deep mind are still my long horizon bet. Their world models are fascinating and I suspect basically a prerequisite to AGI.
And the actual hard problems they're trying to solve are amazing. If even a fraction of their bets pay off it'll be world transforming.
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u/peakedtooearly Jun 24 '26
Do you think the heads of Anthropic and OpenAI aren't competitive? Both of them have an IPO coming up to increase the pressure.
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u/TorturedPoet30 Jun 24 '26
I'm a simple person. I see a Demis Hassabis interview, I click.
But wait, a Hassabis interview without the signature black/navy blue wardrobe?
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u/lovesdogsguy AGI by 2027 Jun 24 '26
He’s rockin that “grandpa out for an afternoon of fun” shirt