The “godfather of AI” retired from his job so that he can “talk about the dangers of AI without considering how [it] impacts Google.”
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00:00The Godfather of AI just quit his job at Google because he wants to talk freely about his concerns with artificial intelligence.
00:06In 2012, Jeffrey Hinton and two of his graduate students created the foundation for the AI systems that are being used today.
00:13Since then, he's been dubbed the Godfather of Artificial Intelligence.
00:17But this week, he retired from his job at Google, where he's been for more than 10 years, to speak out about the risks of AI.
00:24Quote,
00:24Right now, they're not more intelligent than us, as far as I can tell.
00:28But I think they soon may be, he told the BBC.
00:30In a tweet, Hinton clarified that he left so that he could talk about the dangers of AI without considering how it impacts Google.
00:38And added that, quote,
00:40Google has acted very responsibly.
00:42I console myself with the normal excuse.
00:45If I hadn't done it, somebody else would have, he said in an interview.
00:48In the past few months, there have been a growing number of tech insiders who have raised concerns about AI and its unknown potential.
00:55What are your thoughts?