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Hassabis says at Stanford GSB that we stand in the foothills of the singularity

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Said in a Stanford GSB conversation that we are now standing in the foothills of the singularity, and that looking back in 10 years we will realize it

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A defining 2026 remark showing a shift from the earlier, cautious way of talking about AGI timelines to a more assertive framing

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