‘Godfather of AI’ Warns Superintelligent Machines Could Replace Humanity

Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist who pioneered neural networks, says artificial intelligence is advancing too fast to control.
‘Godfather of AI’ Warns Superintelligent Machines Could Replace Humanity
Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton delivers his lecture at Stockholm University in Stockholm, Dec. 8, 2024. Pontus Lundahl/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Geoffrey Hinton, the pioneering computer scientist called the “Godfather of AI,” has once again sounded the alarm that the very technology he helped bring to life could spell the end of humanity as we know it.

In an interview clip released Aug. 18 as part of the forthcoming film “Making God,” Hinton delivered one of his starkest warnings yet. He said that humanity risks being sidelined—and eventually replaced—by machines far smarter than ourselves.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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