How does your background as a child chess master shape your approach to technology leadership?
Replied byDemis Hassabis
Co-Founder & CEO at Google DeepMind
Niche: AI
Revenue: Not Publicly Disclosed/month
Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Started: 2010
Competitive chess teaches you to visualize deep decision trees, anticipate opponent strategies dozens of moves in advance, and remain emotionally detached under intense psychological pressure. In leading frontier research, you must cultivate the exact same mental discipline: holding a long-term strategic vision across a twenty-year horizon while adapting swiftly to near-term tactical shocks.
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