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Lex Fridman: belief

23 Jul 2025 Lex Fridman Podcast #475 – Demis Hassabis: Future of AI, Simulating Reality, Physics and Video Games

“Sorry to anthropomorphize, but it’s an interesting moment because I think in so many domains it will keep happening.”

— Lex Fridman

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Lex Fridman
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belief
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23 Jul 2025
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Lex Fridman Podcast

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…Yes. Sorry to anthropomorphize, but it’s an interesting moment because I think in so many domains it will keep happening. Yeah, it’s a special moment and it was great for Lee Sedol. I think it’s in a way they were inspiring each other. We as a team were inspired by Lee Sedol’s brilliance and nobleness. Then maybe he got inspired by what AlphaGo was doing to then conjure this incredible inspirational moment, captured very well in the documentary about it. And I think that’ll continue in many domains where there’s this, at least again for the foreseeable future, of the humans bringing in their ingenuity and asking the right question, let’s say, and then utilizing these tools in a way that then cracks a problem.…

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