Talk:Demis Hassabis

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Accuracy of #2 U14 Claim

The claim that Hassabis was #2 U14 seems questionable. Refer to the relevant FIDE rating lists on olimpbase: , . As well, see his rating profile on olimpbase: . He was among the leading U14 players in 1990, no question, but not #2; more like #5 in Jan 1990, when excluding Borislav Benev (whose DOB came to light in time for the Jul 1990 list). A claim that he was #2 U14 in England at that time, behind Jonathan Parker, would be more accurate. Also note that he seems to have no presence on FIDE rating lists pre-dating 1990, while Judit Polgar jumped from 2365 to 2555 between the Jul 1988 and Jan 1989 lists. Hassabis would have been U12 when she was 2365. 65.92.40.237 (talk) 04:41, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

References

Theme Park Golden Joystick Award

The article claims that Theme Park won a Golden Joystick Award. This claim is dubious, as the page Golden Joystick Awards does not list Theme Park. Thus, I am removing mention of the Golden Joystick Award. Thatsme314 (talk) 05:45, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

“simulation sandbox games”

It says “….inspired a whole genre of simulation sandbox games”. Maybe I’m thick and I’m the only one who doesn’t know what that means, but should it not have a link to explain what sandbox games means? ChatGPT tells me Minecraft is an example of a Sandbox game, could we not at least have “eg Minecraft” and a link to that? I think most people would understand Minecraft at least. Rustygecko (talk) 22:22, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

I didn't know either. Sure, you can add a link to "sandbox game". You can also add a link from "simulation" to "simulation video game" if you want. Alenoach (talk) 01:35, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

For all those who grew up in an age before video games, where kids worked at manual labor jobs, this article is actually amusing. It also assumes nobody has questions about how public schools can even proceed if every term paper, every project, is simply done by AI. Already, every other video on the Internet is an AI fake. A lot more context and rational skepticism needs to be added to this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-28541-07 (talk) 16:32, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

Is he chemist ?

I mean probably something is missing in the article, I would not really assume that someone who has no Phd in chemistry field could get a Nobel prize in chemistry. 91.82.0.224 (talk) 15:02, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

He isn't, which has caused a fair bit of controversy in the chemistry community. This doesn't really influence the article though. Jantokiilo (talk) 21:15, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

No, he is not, and his work was an AI program development, it has nothing to do with chemistry. One might argue this is an application of AI to chemistry, but again, protein structure prediction is not chemistry. The Nobel Prize press release even say this: With its help, they have been able to predict the structure of virtually all the 200 million proteins that researchers have identified. What? All proteins? The journalist does not know what he is talking about. And even "200 million" is a misinformation. A lot of models in the AlphaFold database have low reliability scores or unfolded and should be discarded . Even more create obligatory oligomers in vivo, like potassium channels, and their monomeric models in the database are not very useful. My very best wishes (talk) 16:08, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

The precision of AF models is also a big concern. As an exercise, one can compare this model in AF database with the model of the same protein generated by AlphaFold-3 server (or AF-2 multimer). Something like TM/US-align shows that only ~600 residues of ~1100 in the models generated by different versions of AlphaFold can be superimposed, and even that partial superposition has an rmsd as large as >6A. But again, this protein does not exist alone (as presented in AF database), but a part of a very big multi-protein complex. My very best wishes (talk) 16:30, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

Orthodox

Is Demis or Demis' dad Greek Orthodox Christian? Like did e ever mention in interviews? Apparently Demis may be the only Orthodox Christian (or someone with orthodox christian in immediate family) to win Nobel or become head of state or government as a citizen, resident or descent of a citizen or resident of these Hindu/Buddhist countries : Singapore, Japan, India, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Mauritius

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_Christian_Nobel_laureates#Why_not_treat_Christian_as_'ethnoreligious'?_Include_Christians,_Ex-Christians_or_people_w/_such_parents? 218.253.54.29 (talk) 15:33, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

Costas George Alexander Hassabis

Costas George Alexander Hassabis, born 3 June 1947

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/pTI1ouHYl1PNvtu7L_F_DHGxXV4/appointments

2601:646:203:E7B0:A26B:8CD1:B6E4:B736 (talk) 19:13, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

No source suggesting that Demis Hassabis was a level designer for the 1993 game Syndicate

After learning that Demis Hassabis was a play tester for the 1993 Bullfrog game, Syndicate as listed in the credits of the manual, I looked this up on wikipedia and saw that it was written that he did level design. However I am unable to find any actual source listing him as a level designer. I believe this is in error as he is only credited to be a play tester in the manual and on https://www.mobygames.com/ Nerdthagoras (talk) 04:35, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

The source in the Wikipedia sentence does not support the statement, which is a problem. And you're right that the game credits him as a playtester, not as a level designer. Alenoach (talk) 00:19, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

Main image

This image seems of very good quality for an encyclopedia: simple, well-lit, well-focused, neutral background. This other one is more artistic, but the posture is less natural and the face isn't as clear. I believe the first one should be the infobox image. Alenoach (talk) 23:45, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

"Demishassabis" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Demishassabis has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 May 19 § Alanturing until a consensus is reached. 𝔅𝔦𝔰-𝔖𝔢𝔯𝔧𝔢𝔱𝔞? 18:50, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Language of the article feels weird, and generative AI-like

Can't tell exactly what it is, but the language the article is written in feels very unnatural and almost generative AI written like. For example:

"Theme Park, a simulation video game, sold several million copies and inspired a whole genre of simulation sandbox games. Despite being offered a seven-figure sum to remain in the games industry, he turned it down." sounds almost idolatry. There are such weird sentences all over the article. ~2026-30240-74 (talk) 09:32, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Name

Is his proper name Dimitrios or Dimosthenes? Wiki articles in other languages, eg German or Greek, suggest that his name is Dimosthenes while the present article says Dimitrios. Ngiann (talk) 05:36, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

I assume you meant "Demosthenes" rather than "Dimosthenes". There are a few German sources that say "Demosthenes", so Demosthenes looks like the correct name that the first Wikipedia sentence should use. The Greek name seems also incorrect as far as I can tell, for example this Fortune Greece article says "Δημοσθένης" (Demosthenes), not "Δημήτριος" (Dimitrios). I'm not confident enough though, so for now I removed the sentence, but if someone makes some research and thinks there is enough evidence they can add back a native name.

Thanks for reporting. Alenoach (talk) 14:40, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for this, I was the one who added the name. Ingo Althöfer calls him "Δημήτριος" (Demetrios) for some reason, but this isn't repeated in any other sources. On the other hand, you're right that the name Demosthenes appears frequently in both Greek and German sources. For what it's worth, his biography in the Munzinger-Archiv calls him Demosthenes too. Should Demosthenes be added as his birth name, or should we keep it as is? Trabzonluyuz-rumuz-elhamdulillah (talk) 14:34, 18 July 2026 (UTC)