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Demis Hassabis is credited as an engineer, chess player and artificial intelligence researcher. Demis Hassabis was born in London, United Kingdom on July 27, 1976. The age as of 2026 is 50. Schooling on record includes University College London. Listed accolades include Mullard Award (2014), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Fellow of the Royal Society (2018) and 5 more.
My Take
Demis Hassabis might be the most consequential person in this entire database, and he is certainly the one I think about most. The arc is almost too neat: chess prodigy, teenage game programmer, then co-founder of DeepMind, the lab that redefined what machine learning could do. What separates him from other tech executives, in my view, is that he remains a genuine researcher who treats artificial intelligence as a scientific question about the nature of mind, not just a product line. The knighthood and Royal Society fellowship only confirm what the work already proved. When he speaks about where AI is heading, I listen carefully, with hope and unease in equal measure.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Demis Hassabis
- Name (Japanese)
- デミス・ハサビス
- Reading
- でみす・はさびす
- Born
- July 27, 1976 (age 50)
- Origin
- London, United Kingdom
- Occupation
- engineer / chess player / artificial intelligence researcher / computer scientist / game programmer
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dragon
2. Background
- University
- University College London
Awards & achievements
- 2014 Mullard Award
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
- 2018 Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2017 Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- 2016 Nature's 10
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 2018 honorary degree
- 2017 Time 100
3. Links
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Demis Hassabis born?
Demis Hassabis was born on July 27, 1976 and is 50 years old.
Where is Demis Hassabis from?
Demis Hassabis is from London, United Kingdom.
What does Demis Hassabis do?
Demis Hassabis works as engineer, chess player, artificial intelligence researcher, computer scientist, game programmer.
Where did Demis Hassabis study?
Demis Hassabis attended University College London.
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