Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis + Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin: Scaling AI, AGI Timeline, Simulation Theory

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Alex Kantrowitz

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4.6 • 395 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Demis Hassabis is the CEO of Google DeepMind. Sergey Brin is the co-founder of Google. The two leading tech executives join Alex Kantrowitz for a live interview at Google's IO developer conference to discuss the frontiers of AI research. Tune in to hear their perspective on whether scaling is tapped out, how reasoning techniques have performed, what AGI actually means, the potential for an intelligence explosion, and much more. Tune in for a deep look into AI's cutting edge featuring two executives building it. --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Questions? Feedback? Write to: [email protected]

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0:36.9	All right, buddy, we have an amazing crowd here today.
0:39.2	We're going to be live streaming this, so let's hear you.
0:41.2	Make some noise.
0:41.8	So everybody can hear that you're here.
0:42.8	Let's go.
0:47.3	I'm Alex Cantorowitz.
0:48.6	I'm the host of Big Technology Podcast, and I'm here to speak with you about the Frontiers
0:53.9	of AI with two amazing guests.
0:56.0	Demis Asabas, the CEO of DeepMind, is here. Google DeepMind. Good to see you, Demis.
1:01.0	Good to see you too.
1:02.0	And we have a special guest, Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, is also here.
1:06.0	All right, so this is going to be fun.
1:13.6	Let's start with the Frontier models.
1:16.6	Demis, this is for you.
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