Geoffrey Hinton
Geoffrey Hinton is a British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist, best known for his pioneering work on artificial neural networks. He received the ACM A.M. Turing Award in 2018 alongside Yoshua Bengio and Yann LeCun for their work on deep learning, , with the three considered the "Godfathers of AI." Until May 2023, he divided his time between Google and the University of Toronto, but left the former citing AI risks.
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Geoffrey HintonAI is an "existential risk."May 08, 2023
Controversy:Does AI Pose an Existential Threat to Humanity?
Geoffrey Hinton"Digital intelligence" could overtake us within "5 to 20 years."May 03, 2023
Controversy:Will AI Surpass Human Intelligence, and When?
Geoffrey HintonPowerful AI systems "taking control" pose an "existential threat."May 04, 2023
Controversy:Does AI Pose an Existential Threat to Humanity?
Geoffrey Hinton"Humanity is just a passing phase for evolutionary intelligence."May 03, 2023
Controversy:Does AI Pose an Existential Threat to Humanity?