Google DeepMind’s CEO Thinks AI Will Make Humans Less Selfish

If you buy that artificial intelligence is a once-in-a-species disruption, then what Demis Hassabis thinks should be of vital interest to you. Hassabis leads the AI charge for Google, arguably the best-equipped of the companies spending many billions of dollars to bring about that upheaval. He’s among those powerful leaders gunning to build artificial general intelligence, the technology that will supposedly have machines do everything humans do, but better. The Big Interview Read more deep, weird, smart conversations with the most important people in our world. None of his competitors, however, have earned a Nobel Prize and a knighthood for their achievements. Sir Demis is the exception—and he did it all through games. Growing up in London, he was a teenage chess prodigy; at age 13 he ranked second in his age group worldwide. He was also fascinated by complex computer games, both as an elite player and then as a designer and programmer of legendary titles like Theme Park. But his tr ... Read full article.