‘Godfather of A.I.’ to talk to Elon Musk, Bernie Sanders and the White House

Geoffrey Hinton, chief scientific adviser at the Vector Institute, speaks during The International Economic Forum of the Americas (IEFA) Toronto Global Forum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. The Toronto Global Forum is a non-profit organization fostering dialogue on national and global issues that brings together heads of states, central bank governors, ministers and global economic decision makers. (Credit: Cole Burston—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Geoffrey Hinton, the 75-year-old tech trailblazer who recently said he regrets his life’s work in the field of artificial intelligence because of the threat it poses to humanity, has been inundated with requests to share his knowledge. 

In fact, he claims, he has been receiving such requests to talk every two minutes since he announced his resignation from Google so that he can speak freely about “the dangers of A.I.”