Quote Business & funding· Jul 24, 2025

Information is more fundamental than energy and matter

I think information is primary, information is the most sort of fundamental unit of the universe, more fundamental than energy and matter. I think they can all be converted into each other, but I think of the universe as a kind of informational system.

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Demis HassabisGoogle DeepMind · CEO

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#475 – Demis Hassabis: Future of AI, Simulating Reality, Physics and Video Games

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