DeepMind Hype vs. Reality

1 points by steve_musk 8y ago ↗ HN

I wanted to get HN's opinion on DeepMind. It seems that they have a lot of the talented AI researchers working for them, and since AlphaGo (maybe since Google bought them in 2014) there has been a lot of hype surrounding the company. Is this hype deserved?

Is seems that their main goal is ultimately to develop an AGI. If an AGI is possible, would it be fair to say DeepMind is winning the race?

If you were offered a job there would you take it?

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meh2frdf 8y ago ↗

AGI is so far off it’s not worth factoring into the question at this time.

Demis has history of over hyping tech, however a collection of smart people and massive backing from google, joined together to work on interesting problems, sounds a better place to work than most!