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Shane Legg

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Co-founder and Chief AGI Scientist at Google DeepMind

Legg co-founded DeepMind in 2010 and helped popularize the term "AGI," and earlier proposed a formal definition of machine intelligence in his PhD work. He is co-founder and Chief AGI Scientist at Google DeepMind, where he leads the technical AGI safety team.

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Current role
Co-founder and Chief AGI Scientist 2010-present
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Last editorial review: August 15, 2026