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Oct 9, 2023

Godfather of AI tells ‘60 Minutes’ he fears the technology could one day take over humanity

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Geoffrey Hinton hails the benefits of artificial intelligence but also sounds the alarm on such things as autonomous battlefield robots, fake news and unintended bias in employment and policing.

Geoffrey Hinton, who has been called “the Godfather of AI,” sat down with 60 Minutes.

Hinton is a British computer scientist and cognitive psychologist, best known for his work on artificial neural networks — aka the framework for AI. He spent a decade working for Google before leaving in May of this year, citing concerns about the risks of AI.


Computer scientist and cognitive psychologist Geoffrey Hinton says despite its potential for good, AI could one day escape our control.

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