Google took 25 years to be ready for this AI moment. Apple is just starting.

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Larry Page and Sergey Brin eating lunch with early Google employees.

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From the 'godfathers of AI' to newer people in the field: Here are 17 people you should know — and what they say about the possibilities and dangers of the technology.

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Godfathers of AI
Three of the "godfathers of AI" helped spark the revolution that's making its way through the tech industry — and all of society. They are, from left, Yann LeCun, Geoffrey Hinton, and Yoshua Bengio.

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The Nobel Prize-winning 'godfather of AI' says he's glad one of his students had a hand in ousting Sam Altman from OpenAI

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Geoffrey Hinton speaking at a panel in Toronto, Ontario; Sam Altman walking at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.
"I'm particularly proud of the fact that one of my students fired Sam Altman," computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton said on Tuesday.

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Geoffrey Hinton, the 'godfather of AI' who warned of its existential risk, awarded Nobel Prize for Physics

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Computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton stood outside a Google building
Computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton has been referred to as the "Godfather of AI."

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AI 'godfather' Geoffrey Hinton says he's 'very worried' about AI taking jobs and has advised the British government to adopt a universal basic income

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Geoffrey Hinton believes the government needs to establish a universal basic income.

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Putin says Russia will develop new AI technology to counter the Western monopoly, which he fears could lead to a 'digital abolition' of Russian culture

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Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled Russia's new plan to take on the West in developing AI.

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AI's most doomsaying godfather sure would like you to believe his invention is godlike

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Godfathers of AI
In a new profile with The New Yorker, Geoffrey Hinton (center) reiterated his fears of an AI coup.

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A 'godfather of AI' says he's worried about AI eventually manipulating humans

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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.

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DeepMind's cofounder has a simple solution to make sure AI doesn't kill us all

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Inflection AI cofounder and CEO Mustafa Suleyman.
Mustafa Suleyman, DeepMind cofounder who also founded Inflection AI last year said we should made AI doesn't update code without oversight.

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