Hassabis has always extolled the benefits of gaming and has described it as a gateway to AI after, as a chess prodigy, he became interested in how chess computers learn to play the game. 'I think that started sparking off in my mind ideas about how does the chess computer play chess and learning about that,' he told the BBC in 2020. Many children start by playing games, like I did, and then getting into programming and then using this incredible tool, the computer, to create things.
His startup was able to build AIs with top-class performances in games including Go, which caused a global sensation at the time, chess and the video game Starcraft II. Hassabis's expertise is sought after. He attended a meeting of the UK government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies in 2020 to advise on its Covid-19 response and was feted by Dominic Cummings, and in July Tony Blair told him he was advising the new government to talk to you.
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