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AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton: ‘We’re creating alien beings. I’m willing to be selfish and choose humans’.

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Geoffrey Hinton said AI is creating 'alien beings' and that he is willing to be selfish and choose humans, and criticized Donald Trump's use of the term 'superintelligence.'

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Geoffrey Hinton said AI is creating "alien beings" and that he is willing to be selfish and choose humans, and criticized Donald Trump's use of the term "superintelligence."

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Geoffrey Hinton says AI is creating 'alien beings' and he chooses humans

AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton: ‘We’re creating alien beings. I’m willing to be selfish and choose humans’
Guardian AI · 13 Oct 2026, 09:00

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