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Demis Hassabis

CEO of Google DeepMind

Co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, the world's leading AI research lab. Chess prodigy, neuroscientist, and game designer before founding DeepMind. His reading list is a window into the mind building artificial general intelligence.

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Timeless books

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Oldest book

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Stood the test of time — old, widely published, and repeatedly endorsed

Gave me 20 new ideas I hadn't thought about before. A remarkable synthesis of human history.

Asimov's Foundation inspired me as a kid — the idea that you could understand and guide the arc of history through knowledge and science.

Gödel, Escher, Bach is an incredible piece of work. It inspired how I think about intelligence and self-reference.

Iain Banks imagined the post-AGI world better than anyone. The Culture novels are required reading for anyone thinking about what beneficial AI could actually look like.