Podcast revisits Brin and Hassabis on AGI, AI interviews
Lightning round from an interview with Sergey Brin and Demis Hassabis covers AGI timeline, AI in job interviews, and simulation theory. The interview was shot at Google IO in May 2025 and released as a retrospective.
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