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Chief AGI Scientist, Google DeepMind · Oct 26, 2023 · Interview, Dwarkesh Podcast: 2028 AGI, superhuman alignment, new architectures

The way I think about it is this: to have a profoundly ethical AI system, it also has to be very, very capable.

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Shane Legg, Chief AGI Scientist, Google DeepMind
Where
Dwarkesh Podcast: 2028 AGI, superhuman alignment, new architectures
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DeepMind
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dwarkesh.com/p/shane-legg

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