A.I. Godfather Geoffrey Hinton Believes Near-Disasters May Spur Regulation
Geoffrey Hinton has spent much of the past few years warning about the ways that A.I. could harm humanity. Autonomous weapons, mass misinformation, labor displacement—you name it. Even so, he suggests that a non-catastrophic disaster caused by A.I. might actually prove useful in the long run. “Politicians don’t preemptively regulate,” Hinton said while speaking at…

