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Oxbridge Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford interviews David Silver about his pioneering work on computer game-playing, and the future of AI.

Recorded at the 2025 Heidelberg Laureate Forum.

David Silver was awarded the 2019 ACM Prize in Computing for his foundational work in Reinforcement Learning and AlphaGo.

HLF 12 Spark Session: youtube.com/watch?v=q9MJWfo3DCE
Nature Publication: nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09833-y
Welcome to the Era of Experience: storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/Era-of-Experience%20/The%20Era%20of%20Experience%20Paper.pdf

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