The Infinity MachineSebastian Mallaby
The Infinity Machine
Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence
by Sebastian Mallaby · first published 2026
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Is anyone else reading Sebastian Mallaby’s new book about Demis and Deepmind: The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence? It’s pretty good, and goes a lot into his background before Deepmind (chess kid, developing games at bullfrog, CS at Cambridge, bullfrog…
on “How to Build the Future: Demis Hassabis [video]” ↗I recommend reading „The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence“ from Sebastian Mallaby. It offers a detailed glimpse into the reasons behind your observation regarding Google/DeepMind and the other frontier…
on “Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots” ↗The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence by Sebastian Mallaby I'm halfway through and is quite interesting and enjoyable. behind the scenes documentary view into his life, academic…
on “Ask HN: What are you reading?” ↗…this summer. Horrifying, but quite a masterpiece. If Anyone Builds It Everyone Dies by Eliezer Yudkowsky - I was about a year late to the party on this, but it still holds up. I would recommend it. The Infinity Machine by Sebastian Malaby - Excellent! Fascinating seeing a glimpse inside of the companies currently eating the world.
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