Can AI help us answer life's biggest questions? In this visionary conversation, Google DeepMind cofounder and CEO Demis Hassabis delves into the history and incredible capabilities of AI with head of TED Chris Anderson. Hassabis explains how AI models like AlphaFold — which accurately predicted the shapes of all 200 million proteins known to science in under a year — have already accelerated scientific discovery in ways that will benefit humanity. Next up? Hassabis says AI has the potential to unlock the greatest mysteries surrounding our minds, bodies and the universe.
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Time is running out on climate change. The metaverse could help | Cedrik Neike
The transformative potential of AGI — and when it might arrive | Shane Legg and Chris Anderson
Life lessons from Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 | Benjamin Zander
How stress drains your brain — and what to do about it | Nicole Byers
What will happen to marketing in the age of AI? | Jessica Apotheker
How to find humor in life's absurdity | Maira Kalman
How to stop the next pandemic? Stop deforestation | Neil Vora
Democracy works — we just need better leaders | Lindiwe Mazibuko
A playbook on financing climate solutions | Nili Gilbert and David Blood
The science behind how sickness shapes your mood | Keely Muscatell
How to harness abundant, clean energy for 10 billion people | Julio Friedmann
Can we hack photosynthesis to feed the world? | Steve Long
Life on the frontlines of war reporting | Jane Ferguson
How gratitude rewires your brain | Christina Costa
The case for a new Great Migration in the US | Charles M. Blow
Are you really as good at something as you think? | Robin Kramer
Why you shouldn't trust boredom | Kevin H. Gary
The exciting, perilous journey toward AGI | Ilya Sutskever
When Biden met Xi (and what's going on with the US and China) | Ian Bremmer
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