Demis Hassabis

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MJMcCready
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Re: Demis Hassabis

Post by MJMcCready » Wed Feb 05, 2025 4:42 pm

I found that a little tricky to read since I read what preceded it cover to cover an inumerable number of times.
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Jon D'Souza-Eva
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Re: Demis Hassabis

Post by Jon D'Souza-Eva » Wed Feb 05, 2025 8:05 pm

William Golding was a keen chess player. In fact he wrote a book about rook endings called Lord of the Files. He is also mentioned in the Even More Complete Chess Addict.

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Re: Demis Hassabis

Post by John Upham » Wed Feb 05, 2025 8:44 pm

Jon D'Souza-Eva wrote:
Wed Feb 05, 2025 8:05 pm
William Golding was a keen chess player. In fact he wrote a book about rook endings called Lord of the Files. He is also mentioned in the Even More Complete Chess Addict.
Here are images of William Golding:

https://johnupham.smugmug.com/search/?q ... lue=HbmZJW
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Christopher Kreuzer
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Re: Demis Hassabis

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Sat May 24, 2025 10:02 pm

Noting here that the 2024-25 final of Mastermind featured a question about Demis. The question (in one of the general knowledge rounds) asked the contestant to say which Nobel category Demis Hassabis was awarded the prize in. The answer is Chemistry, but the contestant said Medicine.