Blaise Agüera y Arcas
@blaiseaguera.bsky.social
CTO of Technology & Society at Google, working on fundamental AI research and exploring the nature and origins of intelligence.
The most momentous shift in our understanding of the universe arguably predated Copernicus. The breakthrough wasn't moving the origin of the coordinate system from the Earth to the Sun, but the radical 6th century BCE idea that Earth floats in space like other celestial bodies.
October 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The most momentous shift in our understanding of the universe arguably predated Copernicus. The breakthrough wasn't moving the origin of the coordinate system from the Earth to the Sun, but the radical 6th century BCE idea that Earth floats in space like other celestial bodies.
What do we truly mean when we talk about agency and free will? And could AI models have these qualities?
In my new book “What Is Intelligence?,” I offer a perspective on how building intelligent machines forces us to confront deep questions about consciousness and our own minds.
In my new book “What Is Intelligence?,” I offer a perspective on how building intelligent machines forces us to confront deep questions about consciousness and our own minds.
October 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
What do we truly mean when we talk about agency and free will? And could AI models have these qualities?
In my new book “What Is Intelligence?,” I offer a perspective on how building intelligent machines forces us to confront deep questions about consciousness and our own minds.
In my new book “What Is Intelligence?,” I offer a perspective on how building intelligent machines forces us to confront deep questions about consciousness and our own minds.
Words are seldom broken on book covers. Some might call it design heresy. But James Goggin and I did this with "Intelligence" on the front cover of my upcoming book, “What Is Intelligence?” In part 2 of our conversation, we explain the thinking behind this unconventional choice.
September 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Words are seldom broken on book covers. Some might call it design heresy. But James Goggin and I did this with "Intelligence" on the front cover of my upcoming book, “What Is Intelligence?” In part 2 of our conversation, we explain the thinking behind this unconventional choice.
For those of us raised on science fiction, having AI become part of everyday life feels like the breakthrough we’ve been expecting. Yet some critics insist that no matter what these models do, they're not truly intelligent—just clever simulacra.
September 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
For those of us raised on science fiction, having AI become part of everyday life feels like the breakthrough we’ve been expecting. Yet some critics insist that no matter what these models do, they're not truly intelligent—just clever simulacra.
The cover of “What Is Intelligence?” may look like a simple, abstract image. But it’s actually a scatterplot showing the explosion in computation at the moment of abiogenesis—what likely happened billions of years ago, when chemistry first became life.
September 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The cover of “What Is Intelligence?” may look like a simple, abstract image. But it’s actually a scatterplot showing the explosion in computation at the moment of abiogenesis—what likely happened billions of years ago, when chemistry first became life.
What if technology is not distinct from nature or biology, but a symbiotic part of our most recent evolutionary development?
August 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
What if technology is not distinct from nature or biology, but a symbiotic part of our most recent evolutionary development?
It was a pleasure to be on air with Scott Greenberg and Lynn Ware Peek on @npr.org KPCW’s Cool Science Radio. We discussed my upcoming book, “What Is Intelligence?” (from @mitpress.bsky.social & Antikythera) and its central theme of how life and intelligence are inherently social.
August 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It was a pleasure to be on air with Scott Greenberg and Lynn Ware Peek on @npr.org KPCW’s Cool Science Radio. We discussed my upcoming book, “What Is Intelligence?” (from @mitpress.bsky.social & Antikythera) and its central theme of how life and intelligence are inherently social.
A common misconception about machine intelligence? That it’s “artificial.”
It was a privilege to sit down with Benjamin Bratton of Antikythera at Berggruen Arts & Culture's The Next Earth Symposium in Venice to discuss AI’s emergence as a natural consequence of evolution.
It was a privilege to sit down with Benjamin Bratton of Antikythera at Berggruen Arts & Culture's The Next Earth Symposium in Venice to discuss AI’s emergence as a natural consequence of evolution.
August 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A common misconception about machine intelligence? That it’s “artificial.”
It was a privilege to sit down with Benjamin Bratton of Antikythera at Berggruen Arts & Culture's The Next Earth Symposium in Venice to discuss AI’s emergence as a natural consequence of evolution.
It was a privilege to sit down with Benjamin Bratton of Antikythera at Berggruen Arts & Culture's The Next Earth Symposium in Venice to discuss AI’s emergence as a natural consequence of evolution.