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#416 The Relentless Missionary Creating AGI: Demis Hassabis

This episode is about a once-in-a-generation mind working on what may be the most important problem in history. Based on the new book The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence by Sebastian Mallaby. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com Axon by AppLovin: https://axon.ai/founders Vanta: https://vanta.com/founders

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  1. What Did Scientists Think of DeepMind in 2010? at 3:15

    David Senra, reading Sebastian Mallaby, says founding a company to build AGI in 2010 was viewed as ridiculous and laughable. Full answer

  2. Why Does Demis Hassabis Recommend Ender's Game? at 7:58

    David Senra, reading Sebastian Mallaby, says Demis Hassabis told Mallaby to read Ender's Game, one of Hassabis's favorite novels, in order to understand him. Full answer

  3. How Did Demis Hassabis Learn Chess at Four? at 12:10

    David Senra, reading Sebastian Mallaby, says Demis Hassabis discovered chess at four, had a natural aptitude for the game, and within a few weeks had mastered… Full answer

  4. How Did Demis Hassabis Hook Peter Thiel on DeepMind? at 25:14

    David Senra, reading Sebastian Mallaby, says Demis Hassabis needed money for DeepMind and hooked Peter Thiel with chess at a crowded conference party instead… Full answer

  5. How Did DeepMind Find Its First Believers? at 31:48

    David Senra, reading Sebastian Mallaby, says DeepMind found its first believers by telling conference crowds it was starting an AGI company and talking only… Full answer

  6. Why Did DeepMind Sell to Google? at 36:15

    David Senra, reading Sebastian Mallaby, says Demis Hassabis sold DeepMind to Google because he needed a backer with essentially unlimited resources, and… Full answer

  7. How Did AlphaFold Beat Decades of Protein Research? at 47:05

    David Senra, reading Sebastian Mallaby, says AlphaFold let a DeepMind team, numbering perhaps 20 at its peak, defeat hundreds of academic scientists who had… Full answer

  8. How Did DeepMind Decide What Code to Keep? at 52:35

    David Senra, reading Sebastian Mallaby, says DeepMind decided what stayed in the master code by measurement alone. Full answer

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