Demis Hassabis Updates AGI Timeline to 2029 in Fresh Post-Google I/O Interview — 'Four Years or Even Sooner'

Axios / r/singularity·high signal

In a new Axios interview published May 26, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis moved his AGI prediction to 'four years — or even sooner' (2029-2030), framing current AI agents as a 'practice run' for more powerful systems. He noted recursive self-improvement is already underway softly via coding agents boosting engineer productivity, and referenced Anthropic's Mythos as a warning example of unpreparedness. The 97-upvote Reddit thread generated 98 comments; a related 'Only 3 years' meme post hit 303 upvotes with 123 comments, indicating strong community engagement with the timeline shift.