The article profiles Demis Hassabis, the co-founder and CEO of DeepMind, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) company acquired by Google in 2014. It highlights Hassabis’ early life as a chess prodigy and his fascination with the human mind, which led him to study computer science and neuroscience. The article delves into DeepMind’s groundbreaking achievements, such as creating AlphaGo, the first AI system to defeat a world champion in the complex game of Go. It also discusses DeepMind’s ambitious goal of developing artificial general intelligence (AGI), a machine intelligence that can match or surpass human intelligence across a wide range of tasks. The article explores the potential benefits and risks of AGI, as well as the ethical considerations surrounding its development. It portrays Hassabis as a visionary thinker who believes that AGI could help solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges, such as climate change and disease. The article also touches on DeepMind’s collaborations with other organizations and its impact on the AI field.