Prof Geoffrey Hinton accepting his Nobel prize earlier this month. He was instrumental in developing AI Artificial intelligence could wipe out the human race within the next decade, the “Godfather of AI” has warned . Prof Geoffrey Hinton, who has admitted regrets about his part in creating the technology, likened its rapid development to the industrial revolution – but warned the machines could “take control” this time . The 77-year-old British computer scientist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics this year, called for tighter government regulation of AI firms. Prof Hinton has previously predicted there was a 10 per cent chance AI could lead to the downfall of humankind within three decades. Asked on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme if anything had changed his analysis, he said: […]
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