# [[👤Demis Hassabis]] - [[Artificial Intelligence]] - [[👤Demis Hassabis]] *** Demis Hassabis is a prominent figure in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and the co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind. Here are some key points about his life and career: 1. Early Life and Education: - Born on July 27, 1976, in London, England - Of Greek Cypriot and Chinese Singaporean descent - Child chess prodigy, becoming a chess master at age 13 - Graduated from Cambridge University with a double first in Computer Science 2. Career Highlights: - At 17, co-designed the popular game "Theme Park" - Founded Elixir Studios, a video game company, in 1998 - Completed a PhD in cognitive neuroscience at University College London - Co-founded DeepMind in 2010, which was acquired by Google in 2014 for £400 million - Currently serves as CEO of Google DeepMind and leads Google's general AI efforts 3. Major Achievements: - Led the development of AlphaGo, which defeated world champion Lee Sedol at Go in 2016 - Pioneered breakthroughs in protein folding prediction with AlphaFold - Contributed to advancements in reinforcement learning and artificial general intelligence (AGI) 4. Awards and Recognition: - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) and Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) - Awarded CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 2018 - Knighted in 2024 for services to AI - Recipient of numerous awards, including the Breakthrough Prize and Lasker Award 5. Research and Philosophy: - Focuses on combining insights from neuroscience with machine learning to create powerful learning algorithms - Aims to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) to solve complex problems and benefit humanity - Advocates for responsible AI development and addressing potential risks 6. Current Work: - Leading the merged Google DeepMind team (formerly DeepMind and Google Brain) - Developing Gemini, a new multimodal AI model - Working on applying AI to various fields, including healthcare and climate change Demis Hassabis is widely regarded as one of the leading figures in AI research and development, with a vision to use AI to solve some of the world's most pressing challenges. Citations: [1] https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%E6%9D%B0%E7%B1%B3%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E5%93%88%E8%90%A8%E6%AF%94%E6%96%AF [2] https://achievement.org/achiever/demis-hassabis-ph-d/ [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demis_Hassabis [4] https://royalsociety.org/people/demis-hassabis-13817/ [5] https://twitter.com/demishassabis [6] https://vinfutureprize.org/laureates/professor-pamela-christine-ronald-2/ [7] https://uk.linkedin.com/in/demishassabis [8] https://www.businessinsider.com/the-incredible-life-of-deepmind-cofounder-demis-hassabis-2017-5 [9] https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=dYpPMQEAAAAJ [10] https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/6309001/demis-hassabis-ai/ [11] https://cbmm.mit.edu/about/people/hassabis [12] https://blog.google/authors/demis-hassabis/ [13] https://deepmind.google/about/