| Citation | Demis Hassabis is distinguished for his pioneering contributions to Artificial Intelligence and his major impact on national prosperity. He founded DeepMind and has led it to become a key division of Google. Under his leadership, DeepMind has merged cutting edge cognitive neuroscience and machine learning to produce breakthroughs from Deep Reinforcement Learning to mastering the game of Go with AlphaGo. The algorithms and systems he has pioneered are deployed and in use on a global scale. |