DeepMind's Demis Hassabis on the future of AI (from The TED Interview)

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🗓️ 1 September 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Demis Hassabis is one of tech's most brilliant minds. A chess-playing child prodigy turned researcher and founder of headline-making AI company DeepMind, Demis is thinking through some of the most revolutionary — and in some cases controversial — uses of artificial intelligence. From the development of computer program AlphaGo, which beat out world champions in the board game Go, to making leaps in the research of how proteins fold, Demis is at the helm of the next generation of groundbreaking technology. In this episode, he gives a peek into some of the questions that his top-level projects are asking, talks about how gaming, creativity, and intelligence inform his approach to tech, and muses on where AI is headed next. This is an episode of "The TED Interview," a podcast in the TED Audio Collective. It's hosted by author Steven Johnson. To check out the rest of their episodes, including a recent mini-series on the future of human intelligence, follow the show wherever you're listening to this.

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0:00.0	Hey folks, it's been several weeks since I've been on Mike.
0:08.7	But I really enjoyed Caleb's summer getaway series.
0:11.7	Just wonderful, didn't you think?
0:13.5	I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
0:15.6	We've been busy over here getting ready for the new season of the next big idea.
0:19.7	It begins next week, September 8th, and it's going to be a doozy.
0:24.3	Tony Fidel, who led the teams that created the iPod, iPhone, and Nest Thermostat, shares
0:29.9	his advice for how to build ridiculously cool products, companies, and careers.
0:35.2	Annie Duke, a social scientist, turned top poker player, turned best-selling writer, makes
0:39.6	a principled case for quitting, which runs against the grain of our culture.
0:44.2	So interesting.
0:45.2	Douglas Rushcoff takes this inside the high-tech bunker's billionaires are building to escape
0:50.1	the next pandemic.
0:51.7	It's going to be a great season.
0:53.1	We cannot wait to share it with you.
0:55.6	To tide you over until then, we've got a special treat for you today.
0:59.2	We're sharing an episode of a podcast we love.
1:01.4	It's called The Ted Interview, and it's hosted by my good friend, Steven Johnson.
1:06.4	If you're a fan of this show, then Steven's name should bring a bell.
1:09.5	He's been on the next big idea four times.
1:12.4	That's more than any other guest.
1:13.7	You can find links to his past appearances in the episode notes.
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