The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind and the Quest for Superintel

This hardcover biography by Sebastian Mallaby offers a revelatory portrait of Demis Hassabis, the visionary founder of Google DeepMind, detailing his journey from a chess prodigy in North London to a central figure in the race for artificial superintelligence. The book chronicles the founding of DeepMind with the audacious goal of solving humanity’s hardest problems and explores the historic reckoning with the AI revolution.

Key Highlights & Insights

• Features unprecedented access to Demis Hassabis and his inner circle over three years.
• Chronicles Hassabis's background: chess prodigy by five, wizard coder in his teens, and Cambridge science student.
• Examines DeepMind's pursuit of artificial superintelligence and its role as Google's engine room.
• Details the ongoing arms race with Silicon Valley competitors to build artificial general intelligence.
• Explores the ethical questions surrounding the AI revolution, potentially the most significant shift since the dawn of complex thought 70,000 years ago.

Specifications

This expertly structured and vividly reported biography provides the most insightful portrait available of Demis Hassabis and the high-stakes quest to control the future of artificial intelligence.