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The Bottom Line: Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis

Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis

BBC Radio 4 - The Bottom Line, Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis

The child chess prodigy turned AI leader on the technology's rewards and risks.

Evan Davis meets the child chess prodigy turned AI leader to discuss the technology's potential and how to ensure it doesn't get misused, or take on a mind of its own.

As the UK gets ready to host a major global summit on the safety of artificial intelligence, Evan Davis speaks to one of the technology's leading global figures.

Demis Hassabis explains how he went from child chess champion to game developer to co-founder of AI research lab DeepMind, which was bought by Google in 2014.

He discusses Google's answer to ChatGPT and AI's ability to create breakthroughs in science, but also its downsides, including the potential extinction of the human race.

GUEST: Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind

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Producers: Joel Moors and Simon Tulett
Editor: China Collins
Sound: Neil Churchill
Production Co-ordinator: Gemma Ashman

(Picture: Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind)

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