'Godfather of AI' Warns of Existential Risks

'Godfather of AI' issues urgent warning about the future of work and employment: 'These guys are really betting on [it]'

The "Godfather of AI" issued yet another warning about potentially imminent economic chaos during a discussion with Sen. Bernie Sanders, Fortune reported. What's happening? If Geoffrey Hinton didn't routinely appear in public to talk about artificial intelligence, he'd sound so much like the scientists in disaster movies — whose desperate attempts to alert the public go unheeded — to seem like a real person. Hinton earned the "Godfather of AI" h…

'Godfather of AI' warns of existential risks

What happens when AI becomes smarter than humans? On GZERO World, Geoffrey Hinton, widely known as the ‘Godfather of AI,’ joins Ian Bremmer to talk about how the technology he helped create could wipe out millions of jobs, destabilize societies, and eventually take over. Hinton helped build the neural network that led to today’s generative AI tools like ChatGPT. That work won him the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics. But the godfather has become a wh…

Godfather of AI: Mass Unemployment 'Very Likely' Due to AI

Key Takeaways  Geoffrey Hinton, known as the Godfather of AI, said that the technology will “very likely” cause mass unemployment. The data backs it up too, with some studies pointing to the technology replacing as many as 100 million jobs in the next decade. Jobs are already on their way out, with big tech firms like IBM and Amazon laying off huge percentages of their workforce in the last year. Even the Godfather of AI knows that we’re heade…