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The Thinking Game

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Canadian Premiere

Will Artificial Intelligence change the world on the scale of the Industrial Revolution, or is it an overhyped tech bubble ready to burst? DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis is convinced that AI will prove a great leap forward, and he’s dedicated his life to developing responsible AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). The Thinking Game traces Hassabis’ interest in AI from his childhood as an international chess prodigy to his teenage years working on groundbreaking video games, to his graduate work in neuroscience at Cambridge, and eventually, his work with DeepMind, one of the most successful and innovative AI research companies.

Through in-depth interviews, cutting-edge technological demonstrations, and the unrelenting enthusiasm and determination of Hassabis, this follow-up to 2017’s Alpha Go chronicles DeepMind’s successes and failures, from humble beginnings, an AI that could barely play Pong, to one that solved a breakthrough protein-folding problem that could revolutionize biology research. Like Robert Oppenheimer, Hassabis has a single-minded urgency to reshape the world, while knowing that he could be unleashing a devastating new force upon humanity.

 

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Country of Origin

USA

Year

2024

Language

English

Film Contact
18+
83 min
Documentary
Cityspeak Films

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Credits & Director

Executive Producer

Tom Dore, Jonathan Fildes

Producer

Gary Krieg

Cinematography

Greg Kohs

Editor

Steve Sander

Original Music

Dan Deacon

Greg Kohs headshot; The Thinking Game director

Greg Kohs

Greg Kohs is a ten-time Emmy®-winning filmmaker whose real-as-dirt storytelling has been brought to bear in all his award-winning documentaries, including Song Sung Blue (2008), The Great Alone (2015), AlphaGo (2017), Coin (2022), and latest, The Thinking Game (2024) the story of a visionary scientist’s quest to solve AGI.

Filmography: Song Sung Blue (2008); The Great Alone (2015); AlphaGo (2017); Coin (2022

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