Demis Hassabis's new interview:
Rohan Paul Twitter · Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) · 2026-06-07
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis states in a new interview that AGI could arrive around 2030 and that humanity is currently standing in the foothills of the singularity with little time to prepare.
Extraction
Topics: agi-timelinesingularitydemis-hassabisdeepmind
Claims
- Demis Hassabis believes AGI is only a few years away, estimating arrival around 2030.
- Hassabis characterizes the present moment as the beginning of the singularity, not a distant future event.
- Society has limited time to prepare for the societal implications of AGI.
Key quotes
Society needs to hear that because we don't have long to prepare for what that means. We are standing in the foothills of the singularity now... which is AGI. I believe that we are only a few years away from that, maybe around 2030.