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I was honoured to sit down with Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, and Prof. Govindan Rangarajan, Director of IISc, to discuss how breakthroughs like AlphaFold could accelerate medicine, healthcare, and scientific progress in India.Uploaded 19-02-26We then go deeper into a harder question: scientific taste. What helps great scientists choose the right problems, and why intuition and curiosity are still so difficult for machines to replicate. We also touch on mentorship, experimentation, and why the future belongs to people who can connect ideas across disciplines rather than staying inside silos.Finally, we zoom out to discuss bigger shifts like AGI, robotics, and AI in the physical world, and what all of this means for engineers, students, and India’s role in global tech.00:00 Introduction and Audience Welcome01:33 AlphaFold's Impact on India03:17 How to Build Scientific Taste07:04 The Future of Medical AI09:40 AI and Gaming's New Golden Era13:50 How to Be a Polymath20:14 Demis Hassabis on AGI22:50 Balancing Google's Commercial Pressure vs DeepMind's Research25:00 The Future of Indian Engineers in the Age of AI28:30 The Next Big AI Breakthrough30:44 Should AI Replace or Complement Human Intelligence?34:35 Demis Hassabis on Learning to Learn35:32 Memory in LLMs vs Human Memory39:05 Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
