TechCheck+ Google’s AI Hope: Demis Hassabis 5/10/24
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4.5 • 66 Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2024
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The fate of Google could hinge on this man. |
| 0:03.0 | Chestmaster. |
| 0:04.0 | So you know, you press the clock when you're, |
| 0:06.0 | when you've done your move. |
| 0:07.0 | That's a good starting move. |
| 0:08.0 | Neuroscientist. |
| 0:09.0 | The human brain is the only example we have of such a general learning system, |
| 0:12.0 | the type of system we would like to build and mimic. |
| 0:14.6 | Video game designer. Ever since then, I felt that computers were this sort of magical device |
| 0:20.4 | that could extend the power of your mind. |
| 0:23.0 | Academic. |
| 0:24.0 | That's how you get kind of relentless progress. |
| 0:26.0 | Demas Hasabas has been behind some of the most critical technical breakthroughs in AI. |
| 0:31.0 | Artificial intelligence researchers has solved the game of Go a decade earlier than expected. |
| 0:38.8 | But now the AI Arms race has moved into its next phase, applications, products, monetization, and |
| 0:45.4 | somehow Google has lost its lead. |
| 0:48.0 | Google was very cautious about releasing these things because they're worried about |
| 0:53.8 | their reputation. Now they're doubling down on Hasabas and tasking him with |
| 0:58.8 | fixing it ahead of Google I. O'O. set to be one of the most important events in tech this year. |
| 1:04.0 | Hasabas will take the stage for the first time alongside CEO Sender Pachai. |
| 1:08.6 | This week on Tech Check, the real test. |
| 1:10.6 | Can Google and Hasabas show Wall Street investors and the public that it can turn AI into actual products. |
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