Whether you think artificial intelligence will save the world or end it, you have Geoffrey Hinton to thank. Hinton has been called "the Godfather of AI," a British computer scientist whose controversial ideas helped make advanced artificial intelligence possible and, so, changed the world. Hinton believes that AI will do enormous good but, tonight, he has a warning. He says that AI systems may be more intelligent than we know and there's a chance the machines could take over. Which made us ask the question:
"Does humanity know what it's doing?" Geoffrey Hinton: No. I think we're moving into a period when for the first time ever we may have things more intelligent than us. "You believe they can understand?" Geoffrey Hinton: Yes.
