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Pres. Trump renames AI, SI for super intelligence. Similar to title of Geoffrey Hinton’s forthcoming book on super intelligence
Read more: Pres. Trump renames AI, SI for super intelligence. Similar to title of Geoffrey Hinton’s forthcoming book on super intelligenceIt’s official: President Trump has renamed AI, “SI,” short for super intelligence. Trump says the term is more accurate than artificial intelligence. Well, Trump may be on to something. Geoffrey Hinton’s forthcoming book is titled, Smarter Than Us: Superintelligence and the Future of Humanity (Penguin Random House Mar. 30, 2027). Will “superintelligence” stick? Partial Text…
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Geoffrey Hinton warned the world about rogue AI. Why didn’t we listen?
Read more: Geoffrey Hinton warned the world about rogue AI. Why didn’t we listen?Back when few thought humans could even succeed in developing AI, Geoffrey Hinton’s ideas of developing neural networks was met with great skepticism, if not scorn. Hinton ultimately proved the skeptics wrong. History appears to be repeating itself: When Hinton was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 2025, his short acceptance speech was more…
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Geoffrey Hinton: AI can develop “maternal instincts,” avoid doomsday scenarios
Read more: Geoffrey Hinton: AI can develop “maternal instincts,” avoid doomsday scenariosGeoffrey Hinton recently articulated a vision for AI’s development that is less of a doomsday scenario posing an existential threat to humanity. The solution: AI can develop empathy for humans, what Hinton calls a “maternal instinct.” Take a listen. I think there is a way that we can co-exist with things that are smarter and…
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AI training in the shadow of Geoffrey Hinton: was it fair use or not?
Read more: AI training in the shadow of Geoffrey Hinton: was it fair use or not?AI is one of the most disruptive technologies of the 21st century. It may go down as the most disruptive when history books are written. AI’s disruption has triggered a wide spectrum of reactions among people, including hostility and outright vitriol. There’s probably no more triggering aspect of AI than the edifice on which it…
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Nobel prize awarded to AI researchers Hinton, Hopfield, Hassabis, Baker
Read more: Nobel prize awarded to AI researchers Hinton, Hopfield, Hassabis, BakerAI research has arrived. The 2024 Nobel Prizes recognized several giants in the field of AI research: Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield won in the physics category. Demis Hassabis (Google Deepmind) and John Jumper won for chemistry for protein structure prediction, along with David Baker for computational protein design.