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Geoffrey Hinton quote, Dec 6, 2024

Nobel laureate in Physics 2024, University of Toronto · Dec 6, 2024 · Interview, Nobel Prize interview, Nobel Week 2024

In particular with respect to the existential threat of these things getting out of control and taking over, I think we’re a kind of bifurcation point in history where in the next few years we need to figure out if there’s a way to deal with that threat.

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Geoffrey Hinton, Nobel laureate in Physics 2024, University of Toronto
Where
Nobel Prize interview, Nobel Week 2024
Topics
Safety
Source
nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2024/hinton/interview/

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