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Discussions on the AGI timeline at WindowsForum.com focus on Demis Hassabis's estimate that artificial general intelligence could arrive in five to ten years. Hassabis warns that as AGI approaches, AI systems risk replicating the attention-harvesting dynamics of social media, potentially amplifying addiction and polarization at a larger scale. He advocates for building AI that prioritizes human flourishing over engagement. The timeline is tied to predictions of radical abundance and societal transformation, comparable to the Industrial Revolution but faster and larger. Topics also include resource costs, equitable distribution of benefits, and reduced work hours. These threads explore the implications of AGI development for technology, society, and ethics.
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    Hassabis Warns AI Could Mirror Social Media Harm as AGI Approaches

    Demis Hassabis’s warning lands like a wake-up call: as artificial intelligence advances toward the kind of general, agentic systems researchers call AGI, the very same attention-harvesting dynamics that turned social media into a global amplifying lens for addiction, outrage, and polarization...
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    Hassabis Sees AGI in 5–10 Years: Radical Abundance and Windows‑Driven AI

    If you’ve felt the AGI timeline accelerating, you’re not alone: Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis now says systems with “all the cognitive capabilities humans have” could emerge in five to ten years—perhaps on the shorter end—ushering in “radical abundance” and a transformation “10 times bigger...
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