Why it matters
A keynote exploring generative AI for code, deep-thinking algorithms, and the future of pre-training and transformer models for Gemini. Speaker: Benoit Schillings leads the Thinking, Reasoning, and Coding teams at Google DeepMind, directing foundational research toward AGI. His work focuses on advancing next-generation
My takeaway: "Software engineering is not about writing code" — Benoit Schillings, Google DeepMind VP of Research is a model-evaluation signal. The practical read is to tie capability claims to evidence, launch criteria, and regression tests rather than relying on demos or benchmark headlines.