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DeepMind Cofounder Shane Legg Says Search Enables Genuine AI Creativity

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Dwarkesh Patel@dwarkesh_sp#67inTech

DeepMind cofounder Shane Legg thinks that search is essential for a model to be genuinely creative.

Pre-trained base models can do incredible things. But Shane thinks this is just a matter of them mixing together existing concepts from their training data.

If he's right, coming up with genuinely novel ideas always involves searching a large space for "hidden gems".

2:48 PM · Jun 10, 2026 · 17K Views
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Users agree with DeepMind cofounder Shane Legg's claim that search enables genuine AI creativity because it validates ideas they have discussed for months.

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Dwarkesh Patel@dwarkesh_sp

Watch the full interview here: https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/shane-legg

Dwarkesh Patel@dwarkesh_sp

DeepMind cofounder Shane Legg thinks that search is essential for a model to be genuinely creative.

Pre-trained base models can do incredible things. But Shane thinks this is just a matter of them mixing together existing concepts from their training data.

If he's right, coming up with genuinely novel ideas always involves searching a large space for "hidden gems".

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Max Tappenden@poorrichard

@dwarkesh_sp I think this is right. I’ve been banging on about this for months now and it’s good to have some validation.

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Suhel Mangera@suhelmangera

@dwarkesh_sp for a moment i thought this was Dario 😂

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