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Demis Hassabis

Demis Hassabis

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About Demis Hassabis

Demis Hassabis is the CEO and co-founder of Google DeepMind, formed from the 2023 merger of DeepMind and Google Brain. He received the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for AlphaFold's breakthrough in protein structure prediction.

Career Highlights

  • Google DeepMind (2023-present): CEO after merger of DeepMind and Google Brain
  • DeepMind (2010-2023): Co-founder and CEO, acquired by Google in 2014
  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2024): For AlphaFold protein structure prediction
  • AlphaGo (2016): First AI to defeat world champion Go player
  • Bullfrog/Lionhead: Game designer (Theme Park, Black & White)
  • Chess prodigy: Child chess master, second-highest rated under-14 in the world

Notable Positions

On Jagged Intelligence

Hassabis frames the core AGI barrier:

"You would expect from an AGI system that it would be consistent across the board. Current models can win gold medals at the International Math Olympiad while failing basic logic puzzles."

On World Models

He believes language alone can't get us to AGI:

"Language is richer than we thought, but spatial dynamics, intuitive physics, and sensorimotor experience can't be captured in text."

On Scaling

"There's a lot of room between exponential and asymptotic. We operate on 50% scaling, 50% innovation. Both are required for AGI."

Key Quotes

  • "Jagged intelligence is the core AGI barrier."
  • "World models are essential for embodied AI."
  • "Models don't know what they don't know - that's why they hallucinate."