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Godfather of AI is leaving Google and warns of risks of AI
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May 02, 2023
Geoffrey Hinton, an AI pioneer, quit his job at Google, where he has worked for more than decade, so he can freely speak out about the risks posed by AI.
“It is hard to see how you can prevent the bad actors from using it for bad things,” he said.
— The New York Times (@nytimes)
2:33 PM • May 1, 2023
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