Hinton worked at Google for over a decade and was known as “The Godfather of AI.”

Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “Godfather of AI,” has left Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL), where he worked for over a decade, to freely speak out about the risks of artificial intelligence (AI). Hinton, a lifelong academic whose career was driven by his personal convictions about the development and use of AI, is among a growing number of critics who claim that tech companies are racing toward danger with their aggressive campaign to create products based on generative AI. (The Indian Express)

He noted that generative AI is already a tool for misinformation, and could eventually become a risk to humanity. Many believe that AI systems could be as important as the introduction of the web browser in the early 1990s and could lead to breakthroughs in areas ranging from drug research to education. Hinton’s departure marks a remarkable moment for the technology industry, as it reaches a crucial inflection point.

Several technology leaders and researchers signed an open letter calling for a six-month moratorium on the development of new systems because AI technologies pose “profound risks to society and humanity.”

Hinton did not sign either of those letters and said he did not want to publicly criticize Google or other companies until he had quit his job.

Hinton’s career began in 1972 as a graduate student at the University of Edinburgh, where he embraced the idea of a neural network, a mathematical system that learns skills by analyzing data.

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