Google DeepMind CEO says his passion for chess led to his career in AI

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• Demis Hassabis was a child chess prodigy, achieving master status in his teens.
• In a lecture at the University of Cambridge, the Google Deepmind CEO said chess led him to his first experience with AI.
• After interacting with chess computers, Hassabis went on to experiment with AI programming at home.

Demis Hassabis's first love wasn't AI — it was chess.

Decades...