AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton: ‘We’re creating alien beings. I’m willing to be selfish and choose humans’
Geoffrey Hinton, the computer scientist widely credited with foundational work in AI, has repeated his warnings that AI poses an existential threat to humanity and rejected the idea that the industry can regulate itself, while also criticizing the Trump administration's grasp of the technology.
Why this matters: Hinton is not a fringe voice. He helped build the foundations modern AI runs on, and he thinks it could wipe us out. When he says the industry cannot regulate itself, that is not an abstract concern. It means the people building the most powerful technology in history are, in his view, not the right ones to decide how safe it needs to be. If he is even partially right, that is a job for governments and the public, not quarterly earnings calls.
Who should care: Lawyers · Compliance · General readers · AI governance · Policy
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