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Demis Hassabis

October 21st
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Demis Hassabis is the cofounder of the Google-acquired AI startup DeepMind. He was previously a childhood chess prodigy, video game designer and neuroscientist.

At DeepMind, Hassabis has led research in the field of deep learning and artificial intelligence. At times, their research has receieved mainstream attention, such as when DeepMind trained an AI bot to beat the world champion of Go in 2016.

Hassabis and DeepMind have more recently focused on scientific and medical uses for deep learning, including protein folding and predictive care.

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Games

September 1st

Games have been an AI proving ground since the 1960s, when early bots competed with humans in checkers.

Today, leading AI startups train their technology on some of world's the most competitive and complicated video games, including Starcraft II and Dota 2.

Often, the training culminates in a real match against top players. Google DeepMind and OpenAI have both competed with human eSports champs.

Below are several high profile events:

  • OpenAI's OpenAI Five: OpenAI's AI system beat the world's top players at Dota 2 in April, 2019.
  • Google DeepMind's AlphaStar: Starcraft II is a real-time strategy game. In December, 2018, DeepMind's AlphaStar program beat a top-25 Starcraft II player.
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