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AI’s Threat to Humanity


Geoff rey Hinton, often called “the godfather of artificial intelligence,” issued the


following stark warning while accepting the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics.


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he nobel committees in physics and chemis- try have recognized the dramatic progress being made in a new form of artifi cial intelligence that uses artifi cial neural networks to learn how to


solve diffi cult computational problems. This new form of AI excels at modeling human intuition


rather than human reasoning, and it will enable us to create highly intelligent and knowledgeable assistants who will increase productivity in almost all industries. If the benefi ts of the increased productivity can be shared


equally, it will be a wonderful advance for all humanity. Unfortunately, the rapid progress in AI comes with


many short-term risks. It has already created divisive echo chambers by off er-


ing people content that makes them indignant. It is already being used by authoritarian governments


for massive surveillance and by cybercriminals for phish- ing attacks. In the near future, AI may be used to create terrible


new viruses and horrendous lethal weapons that decide by themselves who to kill or maim. All these short-term risks require urgent and forceful


It Will Be Smarter Than Us And we won’t be able to control it.


BY KATHRYN MCKENZIE G


eoff rey Hinton, a Nobel Prize winner in physics for


his pioneering work in artificial intelligence, worries that AI could one day outsmart and control humanity. Hinton believes the


technology he helped create could take control of humans. He told CBS Saturday


Morning that a profit-driven AI arms race may be speeding up the danger.


12 NEWSMAX | SEPTEMBER 2025 Hinton, who is one of the


creators of key neural network technologies, has long warned that AI could pose an existential threat to humans. In 2023, he left Google after


becoming concerned about the risks that artificial intelligence could pose to humanity. He has previously warned


that AI systems might one day become smarter than humans and act in ways we cannot control — potentially posing a


We have no idea whether we can stay in control. But we now have evidence that if they are created by companies motivated by short-term profi ts, our safety will not be the top priority.


attention from governments and international organizations. There is also a longer-term existential threat that will


arise when we create digital beings that are more intel- ligent than ourselves. We have no idea whether we can stay in control. But we


now have evidence that if they are created by companies motivated by short-term profi ts, our safety will not be the top priority. We urgently need research on how to prevent these


new beings from wanting to take control. They are no longer science fi ction.


threat to humanity itself. “If you consider the


possibility that these things will get much smarter than us and then just take control away from us, just take over, the probability of that happening is very likely more than 1% and very likely less than 99%. Pretty much all the experts can agree on that,” he said. “The best way to


understand it emotionally is we are like somebody who has this really cute tiger cub,” Hinton explained. “Unless you can be very sure that it’s not gonna want to kill you when it’s


grown up, you should worry.” He stressed that if the world


continued to approach AI with a profit-driven mindset, there would be a greater likelihood of an AI takeover or bad actors co-opting the technology for dangerous means, such as mass surveillance. Despite his concerns,


Hinton said there was also reason to be optimistic about the impact AI will have on the world, pointing to healthcare, drug development, and education as areas where AI could improve the human experience.


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