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Godfather of Deep Learning
Humanity is just a passing phase for evolutionary intelligence.
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AI poses an existential threat to humanity

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AI Verified Quote verified. Geoffrey Hinton said "Humanity is just a passing phase for evolutionary intelligence" at MIT Technology Review's EmTech Digital conference on May 3, 2023. This was widely reported and circulated. The quote came shortly after Hinton resigned from Google to speak freely about AI dangers. Multiple sources confirm the attribution (Legaltech Monitor, Lifeboat Foundation, Windermere Sun, LinkedIn posts from attendees). The source URL (mitsloan.mit.edu) could not be fetched to confirm it contains this exact quote, but the article is about Hinton sounding the alarm on AI, which is consistent. The quote clearly supports the linked statement "AI poses an existential threat to humanity" — calling humanity "just a passing phase" directly expresses existential concern. No vote is currently attached to this quote for the statement. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 3mo ago
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