Geoffrey Hinton, known as the Godfather of AI, won the Nobel Prize in 2024 for his work on neural networks and backpropagation, which are the building blocks of today’s deep learning. In his speech, Hinton didn’t just celebrate. He warned that AI is already creating online echo chambers, helping mass surveillance, and supporting global phishing scams. He also predicted bigger dangers: AI-made viruses, self-driving weapons, and digital minds smarter than humans. He said the main risk comes from c

Geoffrey Hinton fears an AI takeover. The computer scientist, known as the “godfather of AI,” recently resigned from Google to speak more freely about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence. “I think that it’s conceivable that this kind of advanced intelligence could just take over from us,” Hinton told As It Happens host Nil Köksal. “It would mean the end of people.” But other experts in the field of AI caution against his visions of a hypothetical dystopian future, saying they genera

What do you use AI for? "The Godfather of AI", Geoffrey Hinton, shared what he likes using AI for during our Nobel Prize Conversations event in Madrid, Spain. Hinton was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.” Watch the full event here: https://www.youtube.com/live/EoRm8-IgqkY?si=crEQTLBv0lJYjlR9&t=77 | Nobel Prize