Shane Legg, Co-Founder and Chief AGI Scientist, Google DeepMind
As the cofounder of Google DeepMind, Shane Legg is driving one of the greatest transformations in history: the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI). He envisions a system with human-like intelligence that would be exponentially smarter than today's AI, with limitless possibilities and applications. In conversation with head of TED Chris Anderson, Legg explores the evolution of AGI, what the world might look like when it arrives — and how to ensure it's built safely and ethically.
Shane Legg is an entrepreneur and researcher in machine learning. He cofounded DeepMind Technologies, which Google subsequently acquired and renamed Google DeepMind, alongside Demis Hassabis and Mustafa Suleyman. He currently serves as the company’s top artificial intelligence scientist. In addition, he is well-known for his scholarly contributions to artificial general intelligence, which include his thesis under Marcus Hutter’s guidance.
2023
An AI research team at Google’s DeepMind project has created a particular kind of AI system that may exhibit social learning skills. The team details how they created an artificial intelligence program that demonstrated its capacity to pick up new abilities in a simulated environment by imitating the behaviors of an implanted “expert” in their publication published in the journal Nature Communications.
The team’s initial task was to create GoalCycle3D, a virtual environment with uneven terrain, different barriers, and multicolored spheres. Next, artificial intelligence (AI) agents were included. Their goal was to navigate the virtual environment by dodging barriers and entering circles. All that was provided to the agents in terms of knowledge about the world they would live in were learning modules. They used reinforcement learning to learn how to go forward.
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, discussed the future of AI and the progress made by the company. He highlighted the merger of Google Brain and DeepMind, the success of ChatGPT, the potential of non-generative AI, the future of AI chatbots, and the path towards Autonomous General Intelligence (AGI). Hassabis also highlighted the need for collaboration between multiple models, such as a language and learning model for communication and another for specific tasks, to drive advancements towards AGI.
Latest Social posts of Shane Legg
My recent TED interview with @TEDchris is now out! I started watching TED talks way back during my PhD, about 20 years ago. It's a bit surreal to actually be in one myself 🙂 https://t.co/uwjcFPvQYj
This video gives me a weird sense of watching some kind of science fiction movie… and yet it's actually real! It's almost magical the way it understands things, sometimes in quite subtle ways. #FeelTheAGI anyone? https://t.co/qHSw6jR0Th
