Books recommended by Demis Hassabis

Demis Hassabis is a British computer scientist, neuroscientist, and entrepreneur known for co-founding DeepMind, an artificial intelligence lab acquired by Google in 2014. Under his leadership, the company produced breakthroughs such as AlphaGo, AlphaFold, and AlphaCode, milestones that redefined what AI systems are capable of in games, biology, and programming. In 2024, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on protein structure prediction.

With dual training in computer science from Cambridge and a PhD in neuroscience from University College London, Hassabis moves easily between fundamental science and technological application. His reading recommendations tend to reflect this hybrid profile — speculative science fiction, cognitive science, and works that explore the limits of human and artificial intelligence.