‘Godfather’ Geoffrey Hinton warns of AI-driven extinction in next 30 years : ‘Evolution allowed baby to control mother…’ | Mint

‘Godfather’ Geoffrey Hinton warns of AI-driven extinction in next 30 years : ‘Evolution allowed baby to control mother…’ | Mint

Source: Live Mint Geoffrey Hinton, the British-Canadian computer scientist widely regarded as the “godfather” of artificial intelligence (AI), has raised alarm bells regarding the potential risks associated with AI development. In a recent interview on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Hinton indicated that the likelihood of AI leading to human extinction within the next three…

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A short history of AI

A short history of AI

Source: Live Mint The Dartmouth meeting did not mark the beginning of scientific inquiry into machines which could think like people. Alan Turing, for whom the Turing prize is named, wondered about it; so did John von Neumann, an inspiration to McCarthy. By 1956 there were already a number of approaches to the issue; historians…

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