DeepMind's co-founder Shane Legg made blog post predictions in 2010 about when AGI would occur using extrapolation of compute and algorithmic progress, predicting around 20 years from the company's founding, and the company remains on track with this timeline.

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Speaker

Demis Hassabis

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basically we predicted around 20 years it would take from when we started out, and I think we're pretty much on track.

Source

Demis Hassabis: Why AGI is Bigger than the Industrial Revolution & Where Are The Bottlenecks in AI20VC with Harry Stebbings
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:36:12 PM

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