"There is a very low probability of a good future if someone doesn't slow Demis down." I've been keeping an eye on the various documents released as part of the ongoing Musk vs Altman legal fight, which centres around OpenAI changing to a for-profit structure and Elon Musk's belief he was deceived by Sam Altman. The documents, which consist mainly of emails and text exchanges between the various figures involved, turn out to have several themes running through them: and an absolutely huge one is the co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, Demis Hassabis. Hassabis is widely regarded as the outstanding talent in the AI field, a fellow of the Royal Society, and in 2024 shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with John M. Jumper for their work on AI protein structure prediction. He also began his career in videogames at Bullfrog, before working as lead AI programmer on Lionhead's Black & White, and founding his own developer, Elixir Studios (which made Republic: The Revolution and Evil Genius). But we're talking about Hassabis today because Elon Musk and his various AI buddies have a real obsession with the dude, which at times seems to veer into the unethical. The question really is whether it's Hassabis' trustworthiness that bothers them, or the fact that they don't want Google to create and thus have theoretical control over artificial general intelligence. Back in February 2016, Musk emailed Sam Altman and Greg Brockman about hiring at OpenAI. "We need to do what it takes to get the top talent," writes Musk. "Either we get the best people in the world or we will get whipped by Deepmind. Whatever it takes to bring on ace talent is fine by me." Musk goes on to outline what he believes to be the core issue: "Deepmind is causing me extreme mental stress. If they win, it will be really bad news with their one mind to rule the world philosophy. They are obviously making major progress and well they should, given the talent level over there." Musk and others put that "one