British-born godfather of artificial intelligence issues chilling warning: 'Humanity is on the line!'

The British-born godfather of artificial intelligence has issued a chilling warning that humanity is "on the line" with the technology's rapid development.Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel Prize laureate, said the technology was "hurtling out of control" and its future had become "extremely uncertain". Mr Hinton became known for his studies on artificial neural networks, but after quitting Google in 2023, the computer scientist began to speak out about the dangers of AI. Writing in The i Paper, he said: "What’s happening at present is there’s this competition between countries, and between companies, to make it smarter and smarter and smarter, in the hope that you can replace lots of workers and get lots of money. TRENDING Stories Videos Your...

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