Hinton says humanity may never have been meant to build AI
11/04/2026 — 11/04, 06:18·1 sources (all)·1 reports (all)
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- Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel laureate often called a godfather of AI, said humanity perhaps should never have developed the technology. He war…
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According to a Guardian report on November 4, 2026, Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist widely described as one of the "godfathers of AI", said it could turn out that humans would have been better off never developing the technology. He warned that a large-scale incident could occur this year or next, such as a temporary shutdown of financial or power systems. The report also notes that Hinton said he is not a "doomer" about the technology's future. So far only this single report has been published, and the story currently rests at the point of his public warning.
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Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel laureate and one of the "godfathers of AI," told The Guardian that humans might have been better off never developing the technology. He warned of a large-scale incident this year or next, such as a temporary shutdown of financial or power systems, while saying he is not a "doomer."
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