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Steve Hou on X: "“Hassabis administered a subtle test on him. The two men discussed the potential of AI, and Zuckerberg expressed appropriate excitement. But then, as the dinner continued, Hassabis brought up other hot technologies: virtual reality, augmented reality, 3-D printing. Zuckerberg" / Twitter

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To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Home 1 Notifications Chat Bookmarks Profile More Tweet Changbai @ChangbaiLi Post See new posts Conversation Steve Hou @stevehou “Hassabis administered a subtle test on him. The two men discussed the potential of AI, and Zuckerberg expressed appropriate excitement. But then, as the dinner continued, Hassabis brought up other hot technologies: virtual reality, augmented reality, 3-D printing. Zuckerberg sounded equally excited about all of them. ‘That told me what I needed to know,’ Hassabis said.” Quote Steve Jurvetson @FutureJurvetson · Mar 29 Subtext: how Zuck’s obsession with VR lost him AI leadership and “the greatest deal Google ever made.” “if Facebook didn’t buy DeepMind, they would end up in the arms of Google. Hassabis came out to the West Coast to have lunch with Larry Page, still the strongest suitor. 3:54 AM · Mar 29, 2026 · 716.7K Views 27 126 2.2K 826 Relevant View quotes Post your reply Reply CL @

Steve Hou @stevehou “Hassabis administered a subtle test on him. The two men discussed the potential of AI, and Zuckerberg expressed appropriate excitement. But then, as the dinner continued, Hassabis brought up other hot technologies: virtual reality, augmented reality, 3-D printing. Zuckerberg sounded equally excited about all of them. ‘That told me what I needed to know,’ Hassabis said.” Steve Jurvetson @FutureJurvetson Mar 28 Subtext: how Zuck’s obsession with VR lost him AI leadership and “the greatest deal Google ever made.” “if Facebook didn’t buy DeepMind, they would end up in the arms

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