AI Pioneer Hinton Urges Caution as Technology Advances

Geoffrey Hinton, known as the "Godfather of AI", believes AI has potential for good and harm. He wants governments and companies to advance the technology safely.

Hinton worries AI could one day take over from humanity if not developed responsibly. He believes AI may soon reason better than humans.

Potential risks include job losses and biased AI harming people. But AI also has benefits for healthcare, drug design, etc.

Hinton says we're entering a period of uncertainty with AI. He believes involving experts beyond engineers is needed to develop AI safely.

Hinton isn't sure there's a path forward that guarantees safety. He says first encounters with novel things often go wrong, and we can't afford that with AI.