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AI Godfather Geoffrey Hinton Says World May Be Better Off Without AI
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Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel prize-winning scientist known as a godfather of artificial intelligence, has said it may turn out humanity would have been better off without AI. He warned a major AI-linked disruption, such as a power grid brownout or a week-long financial system outage, could happen this year or next. He called for independent safety testing of powerful new AI models before their release.
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