Felipe Castro
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@GeoLogistico
Todos los días creo la vida que quiero con cada pensamiento, con cada acción
📚 [AI BOOK CLUB]: My 36th recommended book is "The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence" by @scmallaby. Why read it: I'm a fan of biographies, as I believe the world is the product of the vision and the willpower of leaders in each field. Demis Hassabis is a particularly fascinating figure in AI, and his life story alone is reason enough to read the book. Having begun as a chess prodigy at age 5, he received a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2024 for his work on protein structure prediction (he developed the AI model AlphaFold2 with John Jumper) and has since then revolutionized biology. He is both an AI industry insider, as the CEO of Google DeepMind (his company, DeepMind, was acquired by Google in 2014), and someone who often criticizes the industry and who has prioritized "AI for good" initiatives, such as his work at Isomorphic Labs, a company he founded in 2021, focused on using AI to find the cure for various diseases. He is also a 'radical optimist' and has argued that we could reach AGI in 5 years and, from there, find cures for all diseases, solve complex societal problems, and reach an era of 'radical abundance.' This is the same 'abundance' discourse that, unfortunately, has been used by many in AI to fuel AI hype over the past years, lending legitimacy to questionable projects and investments and supporting a harmful "AI-first" narrative that weakens institutions, workers, and young people's cognitive development. If you enjoy biographies and are interested in learning more about recent developments in the field of AI, don't miss this book. - 👉 Over 5,400 people have joined my AI Book Club. To see the full book list and never miss my recommendations, join it for free (link below).
