'Godfather of AI': How to create an AI that won't kill us

Here & Now by WBUR

Sep 23, 202626:51Society & Culture

Geoffrey Hinton is a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist and cognitive psychologist. He’s helped develop the mathematical engine behind today’s artificial intelligence. But, Hinton is now calling for slowing the devel...

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