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Google’s top scientist and 2024 Nobel laureate said Friday that the most important skill for the next generation will be “learning to learn” to keep up with change as artificial intelligence transforms education and the workplace.

Speaking at the ancient Roman theater at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens, Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google’s Deepmind, said rapid technological change requires a new approach to learning and skills development.

“It’s very difficult to predict the future, like 10 years from now. It’s even harder these days, given how quickly AI is changing, even week by week,” Hassabis told the audience. “The only thing you can say is that there’s a huge change coming.”

The neuroscientist and former chess prodigy said that artificial general intelligence — a futuristic vision of machines that are as smart as humans, or at least can do many of the things humans can — could arrive within a decade. It will bring dramatic advances and a possible future of “radical abundance,” he said, despite the acknowledged risks.

Hassabis emphasized the need for “meta skills,” such as understanding how to learn and optimize your approach to new subjects, as well as traditional disciplines like math, science, and the humanities.

“One thing we know for sure is that you will have to continuously learn … throughout your career,” he said.

The DeepMind co-founder, who set up the London-based research lab in 2010 before Google acquired it four years later, shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing AI systems that accurately predict protein folding—a breakthrough for medicine and drug discovery.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis joined Hassabis at an event in Athens after discussing ways to expand the use of AI in government services. Mitsotakis warned that the continued rise of giant tech companies could lead to widening global financial inequality.

“Unless people actually see benefits, personal gains in this (AI) revolution, they tend to become very skeptical,” he said. “And if they see … obscene wealth being created in very small companies, this is a recipe for significant social unrest.”

Mitsotakis thanked Hassabis, whose father is Greek Cypriot, for rescheduling the presentation to avoid a clash with the European Basketball Championship semifinal between Greece and Turkey. Greece later lost the game 94-68.