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AI Godfather Sounds Alarm: 'We Want to See Chernobyl'

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He himself helped create artificial intelligence. Now Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton is warning of a catastrophe that could paralyze entire communities.

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He himself helped create artificial intelligence. Now Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton is warning of a catastrophe that could paralyze entire communities.

·Borås, Sweden
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Humanity may well have been better off if it had never developed artificial intelligence, warned Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer in the field. According to the Nobel Prize-winning scientist, the technology could cause a Chernobyl-like incident this year or next year, temporarily paralyzing the financial sector or energy supply. Hinton also sharply criticized the leaders of major technology giants, who he said are deliberately ignoring security risks …

·Budapest, Hungary
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Geoffrey Hinton, one of the scientists considered pioneers of artificial intelligence (IA), said that humanity might be in a better position if it had never developed technology. In an interview with the British newspaper The Guardian, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics warned of the possibility of an incident of great proportions caused by AI systems even this year or in 2027, with consequences such as a temporary blackout on electricity …

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Geoffrey Hinton expects a global blackout caused by an AI attack or a hack that collapses the global payment system for a week.

·Hungary
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ko Il-hwan = Geoffrey Hinton, Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto known as the "Godfather of Artificial Intelligence (AI)," suggested that it would be better for humanity not to develop AI at all...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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Geoffrey Hinton, one of the "NASs," said that it might have been better for people to never develop artificial intelligence, warning that it could trigger a wide-ranging incident this year or next year, such as a temporary interruption of the operation of financial or energy systems.

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Wednesday, November 4, 2026.
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