The Godfather of AI is more worried than ever about the future of AI

April 29, 2025

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(Techradar) – Two years ago, in an interview with The New York Times, Dr Hinton warned, “It is hard to see how you can prevent the bad actors from using it for bad things.”

Now, in a fresh sit-down, this time with CBS News, the Nobel Prize winner is ratcheting up the concern, admitting that when he figured out how to make a computer brain work more like a human brain, he “didn’t think we’d get here in only 40 years,” adding that “10 years ago I didn’t believe we’d get here.” (Read More)