AI Pioneer Quits Google to Warn of Technology Impact

Google computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton told the BBC he has left the technology giant to warn the world of the “existential risk” posed by artificial intelligence systems to humans.

He noted he does not believe that AI systems are yet as intelligent as humans, but added: “I think they soon may be.”

Hinton told the New York Times: “I thought it was 30 to 50 years or even longer away. Obviously, I no longer think that.”