DEMIS HASSABIS : FROM CHESSBOARD TO NOBEL PRIZE, THE JOURNEY TO BUILD THE NEXT INTELLIGENCE. THE STORY OF VISION. COURAGE. IMPACT.

What happens when a child chess prodigy decides to solve intelligence itself? This is the extraordinary story of Demis Hassabis, the visionary scientist behind some of the most revolutionary breakthroughs in artificial intelligence. From sleeping in a red Volkswagen van while traveling to chess tournaments… to defeating world champions with machines… to helping solve one of biology’s greatest mysteries with AI… Demis Hassabis traces the journey of a boy obsessed with patterns who grew into one of the most influential minds of the 21st century. Inside this book, you’ll discover: • How a painful childhood chess defeat changed Hassabis forever • The birth of Google DeepMind and the global race toward AGI • The dramatic story behind AlphaGo defeating legendary Go master Lee Sedol • How AlphaFold transformed modern biology and earned a Nobel Prize • The hidden rivalry between DeepMind, OpenAI, Sam Altman, and Elon Musk • The terrifying and fascinating future of Artificial General Intelligence. This book takes readers deep inside the minds of the people building the most powerful technology civilization has ever created. Because the next great invention may not be a machine. It may be a new form of intelligence itself. Read this and find your path to success. Read more