Visionary:Geoffrey Hinton
Geoffrey Hinton
Biography
Godfather of deep learning, former Google researcher, Turing Award winner.
Category
AI Researcher
Notable Quotes
On AI Governance and Regulation
"I used to think it would be 30 to 50 years before we had AI smarter than us. Now I think it could be 5 to 20."
—Geoffrey Hinton, CBS 60 Minutes (2023), October 8, 2023, Interview by Scott Pelley
On Creative Destruction in AI Era
"Digital intelligence is immortal. You can make copies and they can all learn different things and share knowledge instantly."
—Geoffrey Hinton, MIT Technology Review (2023), May 2, 2023, Interview by Will Douglas Heaven
On Human Capital in Age of AI
"These things will be more intelligent than us. What do we do then?"
—Geoffrey Hinton, Reuters Interview (2023), May 5, 2023, Toronto
On Labor Market Disruption from Automation
"The idea that this stuff could actually get smarter than people — a few people believed that. But most people thought it was way off."
—Geoffrey Hinton, New York Times (2023), May 1, 2023, Interview by Cade Metz
On Innovation Cycles and Market Bubbles
"We're entering a period of huge uncertainty. Nobody really knows what's going to happen."
—Geoffrey Hinton, BBC Interview (2023), May 3, 2023, Interview by Zoe Kleinman