Shane Legg

Shane Legg
CBE
Shane Legg CBE
Born	1973 or 1974 (age 49–50); New Zealand
Alma mater	University of Waikato (BCMS); University of Auckland (MSc); Università della Svizzera italiana (University of Lugano) (PhD);
Known for	DeepMind Technologies
	Scientific career
Fields	Artificial intelligence; Machine learning; AI Safety;
Institutions	Google DeepMind; University College London;
Thesis	Machine Super Intelligence (2008)
Doctoral advisor	Marcus Hutter

Shane Legg CBE (born 1973 or 1974^[1]) is a machine learning researcher and entrepreneur. With Demis Hassabis and Mustafa Suleyman, he cofounded DeepMind Technologies (later bought by Google and now called Google DeepMind), and works there as the chief AGI scientist.^[2]^[3] He is also known for his academic work on artificial general intelligence, including his thesis supervised by Marcus Hutter.^[4]

^ Henshall, Will (7 September 2023). "TIME100 AI 2023: Shane Legg". Time. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
^ "About". www.deepmind.com. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
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Shane Legg CBE
Born	1973 or 1974 (age 49–50) New Zealand
Alma mater	University of Waikato (BCMS) University of Auckland (MSc) Università della Svizzera italiana (University of Lugano) (PhD)
Known for	DeepMind Technologies
Scientific career
Fields	Artificial intelligence Machine learning AI Safety
Institutions	Google DeepMind University College London
Thesis	Machine Super Intelligence (2008)
Doctoral advisor	Marcus Hutter