60 Minutes – “Godfather of Artificial Intelligence” Geoffrey Hinton on the promise, risks of advanced AI

Whether you think artificial intelligence will save the world or end it, you have Geoffrey Hinton to thank. Hinton has been called “the Godfather of AI,” a British computer scientist whose controversial ideas helped make advanced artificial intelligence possible and, so, changed the world. Hinton believes that AI will do enormous good but, tonight, he has a warning. He says that AI systems may be more intelligent than we know and there’s a chance the machines could take over. Which made us ask the question:

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