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Godfather of AI: I Tried to Warn Them, But We’ve Already Lost Control! Geoffrey Hinton
1 hour 30 minutes Posted Jun 16, 2025 at 5:00 am.
Intro
Why Do They Call You the Godfather of AI?
Warning About the Dangers of AI
Concerns We Should Have About AI
European AI Regulations
Cyber Attack Risk
How to Protect Yourself From Cyber Attacks
Using AI to Create Viruses
AI and Corrupt Elections
How AI Creates Echo Chambers
Regulating New Technologies
Are Regulations Holding Us Back From Competing With China?
The Threat of Lethal Autonomous Weapons
Can These AI Threats Combine?
Restricting AI From Taking Over
Reflecting on Your Life’s Work Amid AI Risks
Student Leaving OpenAI Over Safety Concerns
Are You Hopeful About the Future of AI?
The Threat of AI-Induced Joblessness
If Muscles and Intelligence Are Replaced, What’s Left?
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Difference Between Current AI and Superintelligence
Coming to Terms With AI’s Capabilities
How AI May Widen the Wealth Inequality Gap
Why Is AI Superior to Humans?
AI’s Potential to Know More Than Humans
Can AI Replicate Human Uniqueness?
Will Machines Have Feelings?
Working at Google
Why Did You Leave Google?
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What Should People Be Doing About AI?
Impressive Family Background
Advice You’d Give Looking Back
Final Message on AI Safety
What’s the Biggest Threat to Human Happiness?
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He pioneered AI, now he’s warning the world. Godfather of AI Geoffrey Hinton breaks his silence on the deadly dangers of AI no one is prepared for.
Geoffrey Hinton is a leading computer scientist and cognitive psychologist, widely recognised as the ‘Godfather of AI’ for his pioneering work on neural networks and deep learning. He received the 2018 Turing Award, often called the Nobel Prize of computing. In 2023, he left Google to warn people about the rising dangers of AI.
He explains:
Why there’s a real 20% chance AI could lead to HUMAN EXTINCTION.
How speaking out about AI got him SILENCED.
The deep REGRET he feels for helping create AI.
The 6 DEADLY THREATS AI poses to humanity right now.
AI’s potential to advance healthcare, boost productivity, and transform education.
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