The Thinking Game (2025)
- Directed by
- Greg Kohs
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 21 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film follows Demis Hassabis and the Google DeepMind team as they work on the protein folding problem using the AI system AlphaFold. It shows their scientific efforts and pursuit of artificial general intelligence.
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What happens
The Thinking Game is a 2024 documentary film directed by Greg Kohs. It follows Demis Hassabis and the Google DeepMind team as they solve the "grand challenge" of biology—the protein folding problem—using the AI system AlphaFold, while pursuing the broader goal of artificial general intelligence (AGI). The film documents the scientific work that ultimately led to Hassabis and John Jumper being awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2024. Following a limited theatrical run, the film was released for free on YouTube in late 2025, where it became a viral phenomenon, amassing over 200 million views in four weeks. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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