Geoffrey Hinton, the renowned British-Canadian computer scientist and cognitive psychologist, has long been hailed as the "grandfather of AI" for his pioneering contributions to the field of artificial intelligence.

Hinton's work has been instrumental in shaping the core of modern AI. "We are building machines that will be more intelligent than humans," he cautions.

Yet, these advanced AI models don't know love, pain, suffering, friendship, or hunger. They are, for all practical reasons, machines. They run on batteries and will get the job done.

Geoffrey Hinton shares some deep insights on the existential threat in this interview by Jon Erlichman on Twitter/X..