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Double-clicking on AI’s progress with Google’s chief scientist Jeff Dean

Nurdianah Md Nur
Nurdianah Md Nur • 8 min read
Double-clicking on AI’s progress with Google’s chief scientist Jeff Dean
Google's Jeff Dean outlines what’s holding AI back today and the future of the technology. Photo: Google
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Few have influenced the course of artificial intelligence (AI) more than Jeff Dean. As chief scientist at Google DeepMind and Google Research, Dean has been both a witness and a driver of machine learning’s evolution—from its neural network origins to today’s leading-edge generative AI models.

In an exclusive interview with The Edge Singapore, Dean breaks down the state of AI today and the road ahead.

What are the current limitations hindering progress in AI today? And how close are we to building AI agents with human-like memory or reasoning?

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