Chapter 8. DEMIS HASSABIS

DEMIS HASSABIS

Games are just our training domain. We’re not doing all this work just to solve games; we want to build these general algorithms that we can apply to real-world problems.

CO-FOUNDER & CEO OF DEEPMIND AI RESEARCHER AND NEUROSCIENTIST

Demis Hassabis is a former child chess prodigy, who started coding and designing video games professionally at age 16. After graduating from Cambridge University, Demis spent a decade leading and founding successful startups focused on video games and simulation. He returned to academia to complete a PhD in cognitive neuroscience at University College London, followed by postdoctoral research ...

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