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Fortune
Jeremy Kahn

AI luminaries at Davos clash over how close human-level intelligence really is

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2026. (Credit: Krisztian Bocsi—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Some of the world’s best-known names in artificial intelligence descended on the small ski resort town of Davos, Switzerland, this week for the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting.

AI dominated many of the discussions among corporations, government leaders, academics, and nongovernmental groups. Yet a clear contrast emerged over how close current models are to replicating human intelligence and what the likely near-term economic impacts of the technology will be.

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