Sir Demis Hassabis is a British computer scientist, artificial intelligence researcher and entrepreneur. In his early career he was a video game AI programmer and designer, and an expert board games player. He is the chief executive officer and co-founder of DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs, and a UK Government AI Advisor.
Demis Hassabis at the Royal Society admissions day in London, July 2018
Demis Hassabis (left) with Blaise Agüera y Arcas (right) in 2014, at the Wired conference in London
Artificial intelligence (AI), in its broadest sense, is intelligence exhibited by machines, particularly computer systems. It is a field of research in computer science that develops and studies methods and software that enable machines to perceive their environment and uses learning and intelligence to take actions that maximize their chances of achieving defined goals. Such machines may be called AIs.
Kismet, a robot head which was made in the 1990s; a machine that can recognize and simulate emotions.
Lidar testing vehicle for autonomous driving
The first global AI Safety Summit was held in 2023 with a declaration calling for international co-operation.
The word "robot" itself was coined by Karel Čapek in his 1921 play R.U.R., the title standing for "Rossum's Universal Robots".
