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Ryan Hogg

Elon Musk labels 'godfather of AI' 'carelessly ignorant, cruel' over call for Royal Society ban

Geoffrey Hinton, Godfather of AI, University of Toronto, on Centre Stage during day two of Collision 2023 at Enercare Centre in Toronto, Canada. (Credit: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile for Collision via Getty Images)

Geoffrey Hinton, the oft-named godfather of AI, has gotten into a row with Elon Musk on the billionaire’s own social media platform over his Fellowship at the prestigious Royal Society’s scientific institution.

The 365-year-old Royal Society is set to hold a meeting on Monday to debate “principles around public pronouncements and behaviours of Fellows,” after thousands of academics co-signed an open letter calling for Musk to be removed for breaching its code of conduct.

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