The CEO of DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, went on @ezraklein to talk about the future of AI and science. These are his book recommendations if you want to expand your mind and see what an AGI future looks like: Permutation City, by Greg Egan — a wild story about how interesting and strange how the world can get in the context of AI and realistic simulations Fabric of Reality, by David Deutsch— the big questions in physics that could be tackled by AI tools Consider Phlebas, by Iain M. Banks — a formative book for him, and he believes it’s the best picture of an optimistic post AGI future where we’re traveling the stars and humanity has reached its full flourishing and and