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 …