A.I. Godfather Geoffrey Hinton ‘Made Up a Meeting’ to End a Call with Elon Musk Early

A.I. Godfather Geoffrey Hinton ‘Made Up a Meeting’ to End a Call with Elon Musk Early

Elon Musk and Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneering artificial intelligence (A.I.) academic often referred to as the “Godfather of A.I.,” are seemingly aligned on the threats posed by the emerging technology to humanity. But when Musk, who last year launched the A.I. startup xAI, recently asked Hinton to join an advisory board, the billionaire’s “stream-of-consciousness” ramble caused Hinton to make up an excuse to leave the call 20 minutes in, the Brit…