Google DeepMind C.E.O. Demis Hassabis on Living in an A.I. Future | EP 137

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This week, we take a field trip to Google and report back about everything the company announced at its biggest show of the year, Google I/O. Then, we sit down with Google DeepMind’s chief executive and co-founder, Demis Hassabis, to discuss what his A.I. lab is building, the future of education, and what life could look like in 2030. Guest: Demis Hassabis, co-founder and chief executive of Google DeepMind Additional Reading: At Google I/O, everything is changing and normal and scary and chill https://www.platformer.news/google-io-2025-ai-everything-everywhere/ Google Unveils A.I. Chatbot, Signaling a New Era for Search https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/technology/personaltech/google-ai-mode-search.html Google DeepMind C.E.O. Demis Hassabis on the Path From Chatbots to A.G.I. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/podcasts/google-deepmind-demis-hassabis.html Chapters: 00:00:00 - Coming up 00:00:47 - Kevin and Casey go to the circus 00:01:08 - This week on the show 00:01:40 - What we saw at Google I/O 2025 00:23:16 - Demis Hassabis on the state of Google A.I. 00:52:03 - More with Demis Hassabis on the future of society and A.I. Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding edge of tech. Casey’s publication, Platformer: https://www.platformer.news/ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hardfork Insta: Kevin Roose - https://www.instagram.com/kevinroose/ Casey Newton - https://www.instagram.com/crumbler/ Twitter (X): Kevin - https://x.com/kevinroose Casey - https://x.com/CaseyNewton Threads: Kevin - https://www.threads.net/@kevinroose Casey - https://www.threads.net/@crumbler Subscribe to the audio only podcast: Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hard-fork/id1528594034 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/44fllCS2FTFr2x2kjP9xeT?si=86ba626802b849cd Amazon - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/7c7fe198-e6a8-41a8-b0fe-1d46b976dcd8/hard-fork YouTube Music - https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB9gMmtMLXxsa8C0PzHFL2tJFh7FrKrYD&si=Fwb9Uwon1ZneNsBp The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/column/hard-fork Credits “Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton. Produced by Rachel Cohn and Whitney Jones. This episode was edited by Matt Collette. Engineering by Alyssa Moxley and original music by Dan Powell, Rowan Niemisto and Pat McCusker. Fact-checking by Ena Alvarado. Our executive producer is Jen Poyant. Video production by Chris Schodt, Sawyer Roque, Pat Gunther and Annie Roth. Video QC by Isabella Anderson. Podcast Art Direction by Benjamin Wilkerson Tousley. Podcast Art & Animations by Julian Hespenheide. Additional Motion graphics by Phil Robibero. Thumbnails by Julia Moburg, Elizabeth Bristow, and Yvonne Stender. Special thanks to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Dahlia Haddad, Jeffrey Miranda, Jim Kerstetter, Mahima Chablani and Katie O’Brien.