Demis Hassabis: DeepMind - AI, Superintelligence & the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #299

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For those who may not know, Demis is a legitimate genius. He had a 2300 Elo rating in chess at 13, went to college several years early and then became arguably the most important innovator in the race for general intelligence. This man is no joke.

This CD has three separate relaxation/meditation sessions on it youtube.com/post/Ugkxzpa8CIfZcihW4Z0F_ja0QF3W9KIat… guided by a very pleasant and direct male voice. Unlike so many other products of its type, this CD does not have bad synthesizer music, does not feature a phony or affected style of narration, and does not make any bogus claims to be subliminal or to re-train the brain or any of that balderdash. What you get is 1. a guided meditation for getting into a pleasantly relaxed state of body awareness while taking a stroll (superb for those easing back into a fitness routine slowly after an illness or injury) 2. A nice long breath-awareness relaxation session that if followed diligently can put you into very deep states of full-body relaxation and mental calmness, and 3. a buddhist-inspired meditation session designed to help you develop and maintain feelings of loving kindness toward not just yourself and your friends, but toward people you don't even like. The CD makes no claims to be designed for advanced meditators or for buddhists or hindus/yoga practitioners looking for very deep and esoteric stuff. It is geared more toward the average person who just wants to develop the habit of relaxation and stress relief through natural, healthy means. him, if you happen to be reading this, keep up the good work fella, and I love your accent. I would also like to note that I have never fallen asleep while listening to this product. I would like to kindly suggest to the reviewer who said this CD makes him fall asleep, that he might want to get checked to see if he has a sleep disorder, or if he is simply not setting aside ample time for restful sleep at night. A healthy person getting adequate rest at night should be able to go into deep states of mental relaxation without dozing off, if not all the time, then most of the time.

What I appreciate about Demis is that he seems like a good guy, one I'd enjoy going to a pub with. If we have AI pioneers, let them be as smart and grounded as Demis.

Give this guy a Nobel prize already! Open sourcing AlphaFold!!! Absolutely incredible human.

Beautiful interview and perfect quote at the end. "Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes."

Met Demis at the 2018 World Chess Championahip match in London. Cool dude

This may be one of my favourite podcast conversations of all time. Great guest, thanks!

You can tell Demis enjoyed this conversation and appreciated your questions. Clear mutual respect. Great interview

Demis Hassabis and team 100% deserve the Nobel prize for AlphaFold, unbelievable achievement.

Demis is one of the true heroes of our era. A genius who has been world-class in everything he has put his mind to, from chess to video game engineering to neuroscience. He's one of the few industry leaders with such inarguable credentials. And now he's risen above individual achievements to managing what's probably the most productive "lab" in the world. Most people who work at DeepMind regard him as a brilliant and visionary manager. What makes Demis so unusual is how humble he is. I'm genuinely thankful for him.

Demis seems like an awesome human being. Having people like him at the helm makes me less afraid of our future artificial overlords.

Hey Lex, next time you ask a, “day in the life”, and someone describes a schedule where they work 18 hours a day, can you follow up by asking them about their sleep and caffeine/supplement habits? I’m curious if a lot of these super productive geniuses really just need a lot less sleep than the rest of us.

Holy smokes, you give out such an aura your podcast is so unique that you really get the greatest minds in all fields to sit and talk to you.

The beauty of asking the right questions. And the pleasure of hearing answers from a mind as brilliant, yet humble, as that of Demis Hassabis. Fabulous. Thank you!

it's just amazing how much you can learn from listening to two incredibly talented people converse with each other. Thank you Lex.

Built an AI that can play a game in the age of 12, then in the age of 13-14, built a game with an AI component that sold miliions of copies around the world, all of that without all of the ready made libraries and tools of today. WTF

Never have I clicked faster on a video notification!

The most profound interview you have done, imo. Thank you for doing it.

I'm impressed by the breadth of vision of Demis. He keeps a list of fundamental problems in multiple scientific fields and regularly checks whether they can be solved by deep learning.