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2 Holds on 1 Copy
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©2026
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xxi, 456 pages ; 25 cm
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"A Council on Foreign Relations book"
Destiny -- "Deep philosophical questions" -- The Jedi -- The gang of three -- Founding DeepMind -- Atari -- Thiel trouble -- Get Google -- Intuition -- Out of Eden -- P0 Plus Plus -- The agent and the transformer -- On language and nature -- Project Mario -- Fermat for biology -- The power and the glory -- RaceGPT -- "We're cooked" -- Step by step -- Comeback, and beyond
The Infinity Machine by Sebastian Mallaby is a biographical and analytical account of Demis Hassabis and his company DeepMind. Based on extensive interviews and internal access, the book traces Hassabis's path from child prodigy to leading figure in artificial intelligence, alongside the development of his vision for artificial general intelligence (AGI). It examines the scientific ambitions, strategic decisions, and competitive pressures shaping the AI field, as well as the ethical, economic, and cultural implications of rapid technological advancement