AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton isn't convinced good AI will triumph over bad AI

University of Toronto professor Geoffrey Hinton, often called the " Godfather of AI" for his pioneering research on neural networks, recently became the industry's unofficial watchdog. He quit working at Google this spring to more freely critique the field he helped pioneer. He saw the recent surge in generative AIs like ChatGPT and Bing Chat as signs of unchecked and potentially dangerous acceleration in development. Google, meanwhile, was seemingly giving up its previous restraint as it chased competitors with products like its Bard chatbot. At this week's Collision conference in Toronto, Hinton expanded his concerns.