One person frames the AI race as fun competition Google DeepMind might win. The other rejects the game framing entirely, arguing that AI leaders have a responsibility to steer powerful technology safely for humanity, not to beat each other.
So what's the probability of Google DeepMind winning?
Well, I don't see it as sort of winning. I mean, I think we need to— I think winning is the wrong way to look at it, given how important and consequential what it is we're building. So funnily enough, I try not to view it like a game or competition, even though that's a lot of my mindset. It's about, in my view, all of us have— those of us at the leading edge have a responsibility to steward this unbelievable technology that could be used for incredible good, but also has risks. steward it safely into the world for the benefit of humanity. That's always what I've dreamed about and what we've always tried to do. And I hope that's what eventually the community, maybe the international community, will rally around when it becomes obvious that as we get closer and closer to AGI, that that's what's needed.
Do you kind of like the competition? Is that fun? It is. It's like winning is fun. Yeah. And I expect to win. And you got to love the competition. That's part of it, right? It makes it fun. I think what it would be like if we didn't have competition and drama in the world. That'd be so boring.