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Elon Musk (left) and DeepMind cofounder and CEO, Demis Hassabis (right).Kirsty Wigglesworth/POOL/AFP via Getty Images; Toby Melville/WPA Pool via Getty ImagesElon Musk once told DeepMind's Demis Hassabis about his plans to colonize Mars, per NYT. But Musk was left dumbfounded after Hassabis said that AI might destroy his colonies on Mars.Musk invested in DeepMind after that conversation with Hassabis, per The Times.DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis scored an investment from Elon Musk after he pointed out the shortcomings in Musk's plans to colonize Mars.Musk told Hassabis that he'd hoped humanity could avoid the threats from living on Earth by colonizing Mars, per a story by The New York Times published on Sunday.According to The Times, Musk was chatting with Hassabis after giving the latter a tour of the SpaceX headquarters in 2012.Hassabis told Musk that the plan would work if artificial intelligence didn't make the trip to Mars.