Journalist Sebastian Mallaby talks with Jacob Effron about his biography of Demis Hassabis and the history of DeepMind. Mallaby describes Hassabis’s evolving view of competition between AI labs and his view that safety needs collective oversightGovernance sets responsibilities, rules and oversight for decisions about how AI systems are used..
Mallaby discusses DeepMind’s relationship with Google, the tradeoffs between broad research and concentrated bets, and the role of science in public acceptance of AI. He also reflects on his interviews and how research leaders decide when to persist with difficult problems.
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