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DeepMind co-founder says AI hype has attracted “grifters.”
DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis told The Financial Times that the amount of investments brought to the technology has also attracted “some grifting and other hyped-up areas” like crypto.
“Some of that has now spilled over into AI, which I think is a bit unfortunate. And it clouds the science and the research, which is phenomenal. In a way, AI’s not hyped enough but in some senses it’s too hyped. We’re talking about all sorts of things that are just not real.”
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