Geoffrey Hinton, widely regarded as the “Godfather of AI,” has issued a stark warning that artificial intelligence could drive the human race to extinction within the next 10 years. Hinton also believes that AI could make humans the equivalents of “three-year-olds,” with the machines becoming the “grown-ups.”
The Telegraph reports that in a recent interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today program, Prof. Geoffrey Hinton, the British computer scientist who was instrumental in developing the foundations of modern AI, expressed grave concerns about the rapid advancement of the technology he helped create and its potential to threaten the existence of humanity. Hinton, who was recently awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for his groundbreaking work in the field, believes that AI could lead to the downfall of humankind within the next decade.
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