Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) remains on the horizon, but the technology is not yet mature, according to Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis. Speaking at the India AI Summit in New Delhi, Hassabis said AGI could emerge within the next five to eight years.
“We are not there yet,” he emphasized, noting that current AI systems still struggle with consistency, long-term planning, and continuous learning.
Highlighting AI’s uneven capabilities, Hassabis observed that while systems can win International Math Olympiad medals, they may still make mistakes in basic arithmetic. “AI is still jagged that way,” he said, pointing to reliability as a key challenge.
Despite these limitations, Hassabis expressed optimism about the future, describing the coming years as a “golden era for scientific discovery.” He credited rapid advances in AI over the past decade, which he believes are accelerating breakthroughs across research domains.
Hassabis, who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work on AI-driven protein structure prediction, made the remarks during a conversation with IIT Madras Professor B. Ravindran.
While AGI is not yet a reality, Hassabis maintained that progress is advancing steadily—and the threshold moment may be just a few years away.
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