Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2025-07-23

Lex Fridman & Demis Hassabis: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #475

#475 – Demis Hassabis: Future of AI, Simulating Reality, Physics and Video Games

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Demis Hassabis is the CEO of Google DeepMind and Nobel Prize winner for his groundbreaking work in protein structure prediction using AI. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.

Demis Hassabis recommended The MANIAC by Benjamín Labatut.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   The MANIAC

   Benjamín Labatut · at 46:25 · mentioned 2 times

   Benjamín Labatut's biographical novel explores the complex lives of visionary scientists and mathematicians who reshaped the modern technological landscape.

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