Artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton speaks at the Thomson Reuters Financial and Risk Summit in Toronto, December 4, 2017.    REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton spoke up about the future of humanity if AI becomes self-aware.
  • George Hinton voiced some alarming concerns about AI in a "60 Minutes" interview.
  • The AI "godfather" says the tech is learning better than humans — and has the potential to do bad.
  • Hinton told Insider that humans should be "very concerned."

A pioneer in artificial intelligence says the technology's potential worries him.