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DeepMind co-founder Legg warns AI capabilities must not outpace safety controls

Shane Legg launches new institute to explore AGI deployment as researchers report increasingly capable AI agents advancing faster than safeguards.

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What to know

  • DeepMind co-founder Shane Legg warned that rapidly advancing AI capabilities must not outpace safety controls, citing concerns that increasingly capable AI agents are developing faster than safeguards can monitor them.
  • Legg launched the DeepMind Institute to explore AGI deployment across science, policy, philosophy, and human flourishing, with inaugural essays on AI safety and economic policy.
  • Legg endorsed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's proposal to slow (but not pause) frontier AI model releases as "worth considering," while calling premature recent claims that AGI has already been achieved.
  • Despite safety concerns, Legg maintains his forecast of a 50% chance of achieving "minimal" AGI by 2028.

“He said it was premature to declare that AGI had been achieved, despite recent claims by executives at Nvidia and OpenAI”

Shane Legg, Google DeepMind co-founder · Channel News Asia / Financial Times ↗

Shane Legg Google DeepMind co-founderDario AmodeiDario Amodei Anthropic CEO

DeepMind co-founder Legg warns AI capabilities must not outpace safety controls
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    Legg maintains 50% chance of "minimal" AGI by 2028 despite safety concerns

    Despite warnings about AI outrunning safety controls, Legg remains "comfortable" with his forecast of a 50 percent chance of achieving "minimal" AGI by 2028, according to the Financial Times report.

    “Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call to slow but not pause the release of frontier models was "interesting directionally" and "worth considering," Legg said…”
    — Shane Legg, Google DeepMind co-founder · source
  2. background

    DeepMind Institute launches with essays on AI safety, economic policy, and utopianism — The DeepMind Institute's inaugural work includes three essays addressing AI safety, economic policy, and principles for a "new utopianism." The institute will cover science, education, society, policy, philosophy, and human flourishing in its exploration of AGI deployment.

  3. background

    Legg calls Amodei's proposal to slow frontier model releases "interesting directionally" — Legg responded positively to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call to slow but not pause the release of frontier models, saying it was worth considering. He also dismissed recent claims by Nvidia and OpenAI executives that AGI has been achieved as premature.

  4. background

    Shane Legg warns AI capabilities must not outrun safety controls, launches DeepMind Institute — Google DeepMind co-founder Shane Legg issued a warning that rapidly advancing AI must not outpace safety controls. He simultaneously launched the DeepMind Institute, designed to explore the deployment of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and broaden public discussion of the topic.

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