AlphaZero
3 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement May 21, 2025 by Demis Hassabis · said 12 times in 5 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
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2026 5 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
2025 7 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
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May 21, 2025 positive
Hassabis: Test-time compute elevated AlphaZero from master level to superhuman
“We had versions of AlphaGo and AlphaZero with the thinking turned off, so it was just the model telling you its first idea. And, you know, it's not bad, it's maybe like master level, something like that, but then if you turn the thinking on, it's way beyond wo…”
May 21, 2025 positive
Brin: Inference-time compute offsets 5,000x in training compute
“What they did with AlphaGo and AlphaZero, as you mentioned it showed, as I recall, something you would take 5000 times as much training to match what you were able to do with still a lot of training and the inference time compute that you were doing with Go.”
Jan 23, 2026 bullish
Hassabis: Post-human AGI will discover room-temperature superconductors and new energy sources
“I mean, that's what to me is, it would be the AGI moment is, you know, then it will discover a new superconductor, room temperature superconductor that's possible in the laws of physics, but we just haven't found that needle in the haystack. Or a new source of…”