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AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton isn't convinced good AI will triumph over bad AI
'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton isn't convinced good technology will prevail over the evil kind.
Microsoft appeals for a new US agency to regulate AI
CEO Brad Smith also equated AI's importance to that of the printing press.
'Godfather of AI' leaves Google amid ethical concerns
Geoffrey Hinton, the 'godfather of AI,' has left Google so he can warn people of the risks involved with the technology.
Turing Award winners include AI giants from Facebook and Google
The Turing Award has recognized some of the biggest names in AI and computing over the years, and the latest winners are particularly heavy hitters. The three prize recipients for 2018 are Google VP Geoffrey Hinton, Facebook's Yann LeCun (above) and Yoshua Bengio, the Scientific Director of the giant AI research center Mila. All three helped "develop conceptual foundations" for deep neural networks, according to the Association for Computing Machinery, and created breakthroughs that showed he "practical advantages" of the technology.
