'Godfather of AI' emerges out of stealth to back carbon capture startup

British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton, known as the 'godfather of AI' speaks with Nick Thompson of The Atlantic (Credit: GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images)

Since dramatically quitting Google last year, Geoffrey Hinton, known better as the “Godfather of AI,” has been a harbinger of doom for how the emerging tech could affect humanity.

But more than a year later, the former Googler and AI naysayer is back to betting on the technology’s ability to transform the world for the better.