Shane Legg, Chief AGI Scientist and co-founder of Google DeepMind, has been talking about artificial general intelligence, or AGI, for more than a decade. So what’s changed? According to Shane, now is the time to take it seriously. In this episode, Shane walks host Hannah Fry through his AGI framework, breaking down the levels from minimal AGI to full AGI, and his timelines for each. They discuss the economic and societal shifts AGI will bring, the potential impact on work, and the extraordinary possibilities for human flourishing. Timecodes 00:00 Coming up 00:41 Intro 13:43 Defining artificial general intelligence 26:20 Ethics of AGI 40:10 Societal and economic transformation 45:10 Future of work 50:00 Potential for human flourishing Further reading Levels of AGI paper: The road to AGI (Google DeepMind Podcast, S2): ___ Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to: Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry Series Producer: Dan Hardoon Editor: Rami Tzabar Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif Music composition: Eleni Shaw Audio engineer: Richard Courtice Production Manager: Dan Lazard Studio Manager: Nicholas Duke Video Director: Bernardo Resende Video Editor: Bilal Merhi Audio Engineer: Perry Rogantin Camera and Lighting Operator: Robert Messere Production Coordination: Zoey Roberts, Sarah Ellen Morton Visual Identity and Design: Rob Ashley Commissioned by Google DeepMind ___ Subscribe to our channel @googledeepmind Find us on X Follow us on Instagram Add us on Linkedin