Senior Research Engineer @ Google DeepMind

Konstantina Christakopoulou

Konstantina's bio

Konstantina Christakopoulou is a senior research engineer in Google DeepMind, leading efforts around AI agents that help improve people’s lives. She has founded and tech led the Project ALLY Google Brain Moonshot, aimed at the next-generation of assistive recommendation helping users throughout their lifelong journey. She has led multiple cross-PA efforts on aligning industrial recommendation platforms with human values, publishing in top-tier conferences and delivering 20+ launches, working closely with senior leadership at Google. Prior to Google, she received her PhD from the University of Minnesota, during which she completed research internships in Google Research and Microsoft Research, and first-authored influential works on conversational recommendation.

Konstantina's presentation at GenAI Summit 4

“Thinking Fast and Slow: Conversational Agents That Think, Plan, and Grow With Us”

Large language models have launched a new era of AI agents that not only converse with human-like fluency, but can also reason and plan. As these systems evolve to support users across complex, real-world goals unfolding over weeks or months, we face the challenge of designing architectures that marry fast, intuitive dialogue with deep, deliberate reasoning and adaptive planning. Drawing inspiration from the human “thinking fast and slow” paradigm, I will introduce a hybrid framework where LLMs serve as both agile conversationalists and strategic planners, orchestrating hierarchical, goal-driven plans that continually adapt to user feedback. This synergy transforms AI agents from chat partners into lifelong collaborators for tutoring, coaching, and beyond.