Demis Hassabis

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Nobel-credentialed DeepMind CEO; speaks carefully about AGI risk while running one of the biggest capability efforts.

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• Matt Yglesias — Founder and writer, Slow Boring

  • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · Jun 4, 2026 — Cites Hassabis/AlphaFold as evidence for gradual AI-driven biotech progress.

• Lex Fridman — Host, Lex Fridman Podcast, Independent

  • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Jul 23, 2025 — Second hosted interview, episode #475, discussing AGI timelines, p(doom), and DeepMind's research.

• Steven Levy — Editor at large, Wired

  • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Jun 6, 2025 — Levy conducted an on-camera Wired interview with Hassabis on AGI timelines, existential risks, and AI regulation.

• Kevin Roose — Technology columnist; co-host, Hard Fork, The New York Times

  • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · May 23, 2025 — Second Hard Fork sit-down with Hassabis, recorded live at Google I/O, on AGI prep and AlphaEvolve.
  • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Feb 23, 2024 — In-depth Hard Fork interview with Hassabis on Gemini and AGI timelines (Hassabis predicted possible arrival by 2030).

• Parmy Olson — Technology columnist, Bloomberg Opinion

  • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified · May 1, 2024 — Her book 'Supremacy' centers on the OpenAI/DeepMind rivalry between Sam Altman and Demis Hassabis as its two central figures.

• Dwarkesh Patel — Host, Dwarkesh Podcast, Independent

  • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Feb 28, 2024 — Interviewed Hassabis on scaling, AlphaZero-style methods atop LLMs, and alignment of superhuman AI.

• Nilay Patel — Editor-in-chief; host, Decoder, The Verge

  • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Jul 10, 2023 — Patel interviewed Hassabis on Decoder about the DeepMind/Google Brain merger and competitive AI strategy.