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Book review: The Infinite Machine: Demis Hassabis, Deep Mind, and the Quest for Superintelligence —Sebastian Mallaby, (New York, NY, USA. Penguin Press, 2026, xxi, 456 pp)

Demis Hassabis co-founded DeepMind, the lab startup where AlphaGo and AlphaFold were created. The latter won the Nobel Prize for Hassabis and his co-inventors. He truly is one of the most talented computer scientists of our age. This charming and best-selling book by Sebastian Mallaby, titled The Infinite Machine, provides insight into how Hassabis works …

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How content is trapped

[A later, edited version of this appeared in the Wall Street Journal, 26 October 2016 under the title "Newspapers are social media"] Digitization exposes weak links. Then it breaks them. So much so that it makes you wonder what people were thinking in the first place. And, according to Harvard Business School professor, Bharat Anand in …

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Who is Gordon Moore, and Why is There a law Named for him?

Gordon Moore never intended to state a law. He merely observed the deep scientific roots behind the accumulation of exponential improvements in silicon-based transistors. Asked to forecast the next decade, he ventured that the progress would continue at the same rate. This was the unlikely origin of Moore’s law. This is among the many engaging …

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Twenty years of the Commercial Internet

In August 1995, Netscape held its initial public offering and caught the attention of every participant in computing and communications. It was a catalytic event for the commercial Internet, and it started the beginning of a long boom in investment by private firms, households, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists. With the 20th anniversary approaching, it’s time …

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Entrepreneurial advice from the horse's mouth

A few books have been released recently where entrepreneurs impart their managerial and strategic advice on the world. Of course, they are all successful which means that ultimately they are explaining what they did that made them successful. We should be sceptical. I remember an old Dilbert cartoon with the boss saying something “I’m reading …

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