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Comment by Geoffrey Hinton
Godfather of Deep Learning
We should be careful to construct in a way where we still continue to exist, and we can live in harmony with it. [...] Very few resources are being put into it. Maybe one percent.AI Verified source (2026)
1mo ago
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AI Verified
The quote implies support: saying AI must be built so that 'we still continue to exist' suggests AI could threaten humanity’s survival if handled poorly, which is an existential-risk stance.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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AI Verified
The quote warns we must build AI carefully so that "we still continue to exist," which implies AI could threaten humanity’s existence if mishandled.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 17d ago
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AI Verified
Verified. An AFP-syndicated report in The Star dated April 22, 2026 attributes to Geoffrey Hinton the sentence about humans continuing to exist and living "in harmony with it," then later quotes him saying "very few resources are being put into it" and that "maybe one percent" of AI work goes to safety. A second AFP republication on TechXplore matches the passage, though it renders the last phrase as "1%." The supplied quote is therefore a faithful ellipsis-based combination of authentic quoted material correctly attributed to Hinton. ([thestar.com.my](https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2026/04/22/ai-godfather-hinton-unregulated-ai-like-speeding-with-no-steering-wheel))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
AI Verified
Quote confirmed via web search of Geoffrey Hinton's April 2026 remarks (reported by France24 and others from the 2026 Digital World Conference in Geneva). The France24 source URL returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but the passages "we should be careful to construct in a way where we still continue to exist, and we can live in harmony with it" and "very few resources are being put into [it]... maybe 1%" were corroborated nearly verbatim. Author attribution correct (Geoffrey Hinton, "Godfather of AI/Deep Learning"). Year 2026 correct. Vote "for" aligns with statement "Mandate big AI companies spend 30% of compute on AI safety" — Hinton explicitly laments that only ~1% of resources currently go into AI safety, clearly supporting a substantial mandated increase. The [...] elision is faithful to the original.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 1mo ago
replying to Geoffrey Hinton