The 'Godfather of AI' says he's 'very sad' about what his life's work has become

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AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton warned that rapid advances could upend jobs, power, and humanity itself.

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The 'Godfather of AI' warns 2026 will bring a new wave of AI job losses

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The AI scaling debate: What the industry's top minds are saying

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AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton

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A godfather of AI shares the career advice he'd give to his 4-year-old grandson as AI displaces jobs

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"Work on the beautiful human being that you can become," Bengio said.

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'Godfather of AI' says CS degrees 'will remain valuable for quite a long time' — and students should still learn to code

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Geoffrey Hinton, the "Godfather of AI," said students learn so much more than just coding when they pursue a CS degree.

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'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton says Google is 'beginning to overtake' OpenAI: 'My guess is Google will win'

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The debate over whether AI will replace jobs or create new ones is heating up. Here's what leaders are saying.

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Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Jensen Huang are mostly bullish on what AI means for work. Not everyone in Silicon Valley or business shares their views.

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The Godfather of AI warns that cuts to universities will cost the US its AI edge over China

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AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton says a girlfriend once broke up with him using a chatbot

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Geoffrey Hinton was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics for his breakthroughs in machine learning.

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The godfather of AI says the tech is making war easier: Autonomous weapons mean 'dead robots' instead of 'body bags'

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Geoffrey Hinton says killer robots and drones are lowering the human cost of war.

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