Demis Hassabis shared a rare essay on X: AGI is few years away, we're in the singularity foothills, proposes US-led Frontier AI Standards Body with eventual mandatory safety testing

read full essay here: https://x.com/demishassabis/status/2076957440109625718 Key points (some of these things he had already said before) AGI is likely only a few years away and describes this moment as the “foothills of the singularity” AGI should not be compared to normal technological breakthroughs like the internet or smartphones, but more like the discovery of electricity or fire He predicts the impact could be “10x the Industrial Revolution at 10x the speed” He warns that frontier AI systems could introduce serious risks in areas like cybersecurity, biology, and increasingly autonomous agents He proposes creating a Frontier AI Standards Body to evaluate the most advanced models, similar in spirit to financial self-regulatory organizations like FINRA He also proposes voluntary pre-release AGI testing that could later become mandatory for “Frontier Labs” in the US (with aim to make this global) The framework would apply to frontier models regardless of whether they are open or closed, with labs sharing models for evaluation before deployment. AGI development should be guided by scientific evaluation, international cooperation, and responsible deployment.