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AI Godfather Geoffrey Hinton Calls Trump Ignorant on AI

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Geoffrey Hinton, widely recognized as the "godfather of AI," has strongly criticized Donald Trump, calling him a "corrupt, senile felon." Hinton stated that Trump's focus on the term "superintelligence" demonstrates a lack of understanding about artificial intelligence. Hinton reiterated his concerns about AI posing an existential threat and dismissed the idea that the AI industry can effectively self-regulate. AI

IMPACT Geoffrey Hinton reiterates existential threat concerns and criticizes political figures' understanding of AI.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece by a credible voice (Geoffrey Hinton) about AI.

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AI Godfather Geoffrey Hinton Calls Trump Ignorant on AI

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    “ Donald Trump is a “corrupt, senile felon” whose fixation on the term superintelligenceproves he knows nothing about # AI , said Geoffrey Hinton, “godfather” o

    “ Donald Trump is a “corrupt, senile felon” whose fixation on the term superintelligenceproves he knows nothing about # AI , said Geoffrey Hinton, “godfather” of the technology, in a wide-ranging interview where he doubled down on recent warnings that AI models pose an existentia…

    LINKS theguardian.com/…/geoffrey-hinton-trump-a…
  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    “ Donald Trump is a “corrupt, senile felon” whose fixation on the term superintelligence proves he knows nothing about AI, said Geoffrey Hinton, “godfather” of

    “ Donald Trump is a “corrupt, senile felon” whose fixation on the term superintelligence proves he knows nothing about AI, said Geoffrey Hinton, “godfather” of the technology, in a wide-ranging interview where he doubled down on recent warnings that AI models pose an existential …

    LINKS theguardian.com/…/geoffrey-hinton-trump-a…

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