Michiel Bakker Leaves DeepMind for AGI Readiness Work
Former researcher announces departure to help prepare Europe and the world for AGI.
Michiel Bakker posted on X that he left his role as a research scientist at Google DeepMind last month. He said the move allows him to spend more time helping Europe and the world become AGI-ready. Bakker called his time at the lab life-changing and thanked the colleagues and friends he made there. Replies from other AI researchers expressed support for the new focus. Bakker also clarified that an image in the post omitted the UK from a map of Europe but confirmed the UK remains European in his view.
Good moment to share that I left DeepMind last month to focus more of my time on helping Europe (and the world!) become AGI-ready. Being part of DeepMind completely changed my life. Feel very lucky to have worked with (and become friends with) so many incredible (ex-)GDMers.
Pictured: Google Deepmind CEO Demis Hassabis steps down to become chair https://twitter.com/ft/status/2085045908576579789
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Michiel Bakker@bakkermichiel@JacquesCarolan pointed out that chat removed the UK from the map. Just to confirm: the UK is very much European in my heart, and nowhere in my prompts have I ever asked for that. Another reminder that the alignment problem remains very much unsolved!
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WK Will Knight@willknight@bakkermichiel amazing stuff (both the announcement and the image!)
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NI VR Verena Rieser@verena_rieser@bakkermichiel Miba steps down to become Europe 🇪🇺
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MB Michiel Bakker@bakkermichielGood moment to share that I left DeepMind last month to focus more of my time on helping Europe (and the world!) become AGI-ready. Being part of DeepMind completely changed my life. Feel very lucky to have worked with (and become friends with) so many incredible (ex-)GDMers.
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