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6 statements across 2 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Feb 27, 2026 by Ian Fisher · said 26 times in 16 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Feb 27, 2026 positive
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Code-based reasoning strategies boosted Gemini 1.5 Flash performance from 5% to 95%
“In this particular case, you know, the hardest task we were working on, we got like to five percent performance with Gemini, 1.5 flash. This was a while ago. And then when we added on the reasoning strategies, we went from five percent to 95%.”
Ian Fisher Feb 27, 2026 ▶ 14:02 The Powerful Alternative To Fine-Tuning · Y Combinator
Apr 29, 2026 positive
Insight
Hassabis: Three Conditions Enable AlphaFold-Style AI Breakthroughs
“The lesson I've learned from all the alpha projects we've done, specifically alpha go and alpha fold is I think the techniques we have and the problems I look like to look for are great in, if this, if the situation can be described as massive combinatorial se…”
Demis Hassabis Apr 29, 2026 ▶ 33:39 Demis Hassabis: Agents, AGI & The Next Big Scientific Breakthrough · Y Combinator
Apr 29, 2026 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Hassabis: 50% chance AGI requires one or two new big ideas
“It could be that there's still one or two big ideas left that need to be cracked. I don't think it's more than one or two, if there are out there. And I think You know, my betting is about fifty-fifty if that's the case.”
Demis Hassabis Apr 29, 2026 ▶ 3:12 Demis Hassabis: Agents, AGI & The Next Big Scientific Breakthrough · Y Combinator
Apr 29, 2026 neutral
Disclosure
Hassabis: DeepMind makes edge models open because on-device models are vulnerable anyway
“For now, what we've decided is that our edge models, the things we want to use for Android, and glasses, and robotics it's best that they're open models. Because they're vulnerable anyway on the, once you put them out on the surfaces, so they might as well be …”
Demis Hassabis Apr 29, 2026 ▶ 21:44 Demis Hassabis: Agents, AGI & The Next Big Scientific Breakthrough · Y Combinator
Apr 29, 2026 positive
Prediction Partly held up
Hassabis: Frontier model capabilities reach tiny edge models within 6-12 months
“But I think for now there's the assumption we make is that, you know, a year later after one of our leading, you know, pro models or frontier models goes out half a year later, you'll have them in the, The really tiny, almost edge models.”
Demis Hassabis Apr 29, 2026 ▶ 10:01 Demis Hassabis: Agents, AGI & The Next Big Scientific Breakthrough · Y Combinator
Apr 29, 2026 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Apr 2036
Hassabis: A full virtual cell simulation is probably 10 years away
“And I think we're about 10 years away probably from something like a virtual cell, like a full virtual cell”
Demis Hassabis Apr 29, 2026 ▶ 26:33 Demis Hassabis: Agents, AGI & The Next Big Scientific Breakthrough · Y Combinator
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