Recently, Google DeepMind CEO, Demis Hassabis said that he believes that AI can make humans less selfish. Now, he talked more about something else entirely. DeepMind CEO wants to build a “next-generation email” assistant.
DeepMind CEO wants AI to answer your emails… in your style
He revealed that during the South by Southwest (SXSW) London festival. He believes that the existing email system needs to be replaced, and that a proper AI tool can do that. That tool would be able to respond to messages and make some decisions on its own.
While he obviously believes in the potential of AI, he said that AI is “overhyped in the short term”. Hassabis believes that this e-mail assistant could be a great stepping stone for greater things for AI.
This next-generation email assistant, as he called it, would be able to understand typical emails and also reply to them in the style of the user. In addition to that, he’ll be able to make some “easier decisions”, though no examples were given.
He also talked about AGI
That’s basically everything he said about that topic. He did touch upon the topic of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), though. AGI is basically AI that can autonomously perform a wide range of end-to-end taks, make decisions, and also take actions at a level of a human, or beyond it.
He said that the leading AI countries, such as the US and China, need to work together in order for the tech to reach full potential and also be safe to use. That does make sense, as AGI has the potential to “affect the whole of humanity.”
Like it or not, AI is growing at an incredible pace, and it can be a great tool. It has enormous potential, especially when we talk about AGI. It remains to be seen how will it develop, however.
2025-06-06 15:07:01