(The Atlantic) – Geoffrey Hinton still believes the potential benefits of artificial intelligence outweigh its potential for destruction.

Since he left Google in 2023, Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel laureate commonly recognized as the “Godfather of AI,” is perhaps best known for his dire warnings about the technology he helped bring into being. He’s said it’s “conceivable that humanity is just a passing phase in the evolution of intelligence,” that he’s become aware that “there’s a danger of something really bad happening,” and that there is a “10–20 percent” chance that artificial intelligence could lead to the extinction of humanity in a few decades (although when pressed, he will admit that this figure is more of a gut feeling than a statistical analysis). (Read More)