'Godfather of AI' says AI is currently like a cute tiger cub

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• AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton is warning that artificial intelligence could one day outsmart and control humanity. He says that a profit-driven AI arms race may be speeding up the danger.

Geoffrey Hinton, one of the "godfathers of AI," is warning that the technology he helped create could take control of humans.