--- title: “Everyone knew this would become something big one day” – neuroscientist Tamás Madarász on AI description: Neuroscientist Tamás Madarász reflects on AI’s unstoppable rise, shifting from cello to math, and why artificial intelligence will affect us all. image: https://proptech.hu/hubfs/blog-illusztracio-AI-fhd.jpg --- [Skip to main content](https://proptech.hu/en/news/tamas-madarasz-mi-neuroscientist#main-content) - [Proptech Hungary](https://proptech.hu/en/) - [ProptechZoom](https://proptech.hu/en/proptechzoom) - [Zoltán Kalmár](https://proptech.hu/en/zoltan-kalmar) [![Proptech Hungary](https://proptech.hu/hs-fs/hubfs/Proptech-hu-logo-2025-transp.png?width=130&height=40&name=Proptech-hu-logo-2025-transp.png) ![Proptech Hungary](https://proptech.hu/hs-fs/hubfs/Proptech-hu-logo-2025-transp.png?width=130&height=40&name=Proptech-hu-logo-2025-transp.png)](https://proptech.hu/en/?hsLang=en) - [Show submenu for Events Events](https://proptech.hu/en/events) - Show submenu for Proptech Conferences Proptech Conferences - [Proptech Hungary Conference 2026](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-hungary-conference-2026) - [Proptech Hungary Conference 2025](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-hungary-conference-2025) - [Proptech Hungary Conference 2024](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-innovation-now-2024) - [Proptech Hungary Conference 2023](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-hungary-conference-2023) - [Proptech Hungary Conference 2022](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-hungary-konferencia-2022) - [Proptech Hungary Conference 2019](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-hungary-conference-2019) - [Proptech Hungary Conference 2018](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-hungary-conference-2018) - Show submenu for Startup Events Startup Events - [Hack The Mall 2025](https://proptech.hu/en/hackthemall) - [Proptech Pioneer Awards 2025](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-pioneer-awards-2025) - [Proptech Startup 2022](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-startup-2022) - [Proptech Hackathon 2019](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-hackathon-2019) - [Proptech News](https://proptech.hu/en/news) - Show submenu for About About - [Vision](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-hungary-vision) - [Contact](https://proptech.hu/en/contact) - [Newsletter](https://proptech.hu/en/newsletter) - Show submenu for translations EN - [Magyar](https://proptech.hu/hirek/madarasz-tamas-agykutato-mi) Open main navigation Close main navigation - Show submenu for Events Events - Events - [Events](https://proptech.hu/en/events) - Show submenu for Proptech Conferences Proptech Conferences - Proptech Conferences - [Proptech Hungary Conference 2026](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-hungary-conference-2026) - [Proptech Hungary Conference 2025](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-hungary-conference-2025) - [Proptech Hungary Conference 2024](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-innovation-now-2024) - [Proptech Hungary Conference 2023](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-hungary-conference-2023) - [Proptech Hungary Conference 2022](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-hungary-konferencia-2022) - [Proptech Hungary Conference 2019](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-hungary-conference-2019) - [Proptech Hungary Conference 2018](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-hungary-conference-2018) - Show submenu for Startup Events Startup Events - Startup Events - [Hack The Mall 2025](https://proptech.hu/en/hackthemall) - [Proptech Pioneer Awards 2025](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-pioneer-awards-2025) - [Proptech Startup 2022](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-startup-2022) - [Proptech Hackathon 2019](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-hackathon-2019) - [Proptech News](https://proptech.hu/en/news) - Show submenu for About About - About - [Vision](https://proptech.hu/en/proptech-hungary-vision) - [Contact](https://proptech.hu/en/contact) - [Newsletter](https://proptech.hu/en/newsletter) - Show submenu for translations EN - English - [Magyar](https://proptech.hu/hirek/madarasz-tamas-agykutato-mi) - Search - [Subscribe](https://proptech.hu/en/newsletter) - [Proptech Hungary](https://proptech.hu/en/) - [ProptechZoom](https://proptech.hu/en/proptechzoom) - [Zoltán Kalmár](https://proptech.hu/en/zoltan-kalmar) [Subscribe](https://proptech.hu/en/newsletter?hsLang=en) Search [AI](https://proptech.hu/en/news/tag/ai) # “Everyone knew this would become something big one day” – neuroscientist Tamás Madarász on AI Tamás Madarász studied at Eton, then Cambridge, and later toured Europe as a cellist. Eventually, he had to reprogram his brain from music to mathematics. In New York, learning from some of the greatest minds, he witnessed the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) from the front row—long before ChatGPT was even on the horizon. He says AI is moving forward like a steamroller, and we must try to make the most of it. Even those who now think it won’t affect them. Because it will. A tall, red-haired young man stood on the platform of Cambridge train station, a cello on his back. The train to London just wouldn’t arrive—which was uncomfortable not only because of the pouring October rain, but also because it guaranteed he would be late for class. “Cambridge and London aren’t far from each other, but with English trains, sometimes it was very difficult to get there.” From 1999, Tamás Madarász studied mathematics at the University of Cambridge, while also actively playing music and improving his cello skills with a teacher at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He had been playing the cello since the age of eight and—alongside his interest in the sciences—was deliberately preparing for a musical career. After graduating from Radnóti High School in Budapest, he devoted as much (if not more) energy to music as to his academic studies at Cambridge. You can read the [full article on Forbes](https://forbes.hu/a-magazin/tech-mi-madarasz-tamas/) by [clicking here](https://www.forbes.hu/a-magazin/tech-mi-madarasz-tamas/). Follow our page on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/proptechhungary/) and [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/proptechhungary)! 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