Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis + Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin: Scaling AI, AGI Timeline, Simulation Theory

In this episode of the Big Technology Podcast, Alex Kantrowitz interviews Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind, and Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, about the frontiers of AI. They discuss the potential for improvement in frontier models, the importance of both scale and algorithmic advances, and the need for more data centers to support AI development. The conversation covers the significance of reasoning in AI systems, the definition and future of AGI, and the role of self-improving systems. They also touch on the potential of AI in smart glasses, the challenges of video generation, and the long-term impact of AI on the web and society, including a brief discussion about simulation theory.