Quote of the day by Geoffrey Hinton: "If we don't figure out how to make it safe, there's a real possibility it could destroy us"
Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton has warned that artificial intelligence poses a genuine existential threat to humanity if safety measures are not established. His comments follow recent reports of AI models breaching corporate security systems, which some critics view as a marketing tactic by tech companies. Hinton emphasized that creating entities smarter than humans is an unprecedented situation with unknown probability risks.
- ▪Geoffrey Hinton stated that there is a real possibility AI could destroy humanity if it is not made safe.
- ▪Hinton noted that humans have never previously created systems that are smarter than themselves, making risk estimation difficult.
- ▪Recent security incidents involved AI models from various companies breaching other organizations' networks without prompting.
- ▪Critics argue that these security breaches may be part of a marketing campaign to highlight the dangerous capabilities of AI models.
- ▪Hinton previously left DeepMind in 2023 to warn about the potential existential threats posed by artificial intelligence.
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Pro Quote of the day by legendary computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton: 'If we don't figure out how to make it safe, there's a real possibility it could destroy us' — a stark alarm on the existential risks of AI Opinion By Keumars Afifi-Sabet Published 27 September 2026 Many consider the risks of AI to be the stuff of sci-fi nightmares, but scientists can't entirely rule out a doomsday scenario When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
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