Hassabis calls current era foothills of the singularity

google deepmind ceo demis hassabis characterized the current ai landscape as the 'foothills of the singularity' during the closing of google i/o. this philosophical statement followed the announcement of gemini for science, a suite of tools including google antigravity designed to accelerate research. hassabis argued that agi would function as a force multiplier for human ingenuity, potentially solving all diseases through reimagined drug discovery. despite the grandiose language, he previously defined the singularity as the arrival of full agi and reiterated a belief that there is a 50% probability of reaching that milestone by 2030.