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Geoffrey Hinton

Professor emeritus, University of Toronto

Nobel-winning pioneer of backpropagation and deep learning, now warning publicly about AI's existential risks.

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Real Alpha has cut 5 moments of Geoffrey Hinton (Professor emeritus, University of Toronto) talking, from an interview on The Diary Of A CEO published Jun 16, 2025.

What Geoffrey Hinton said

  1. The Diary Of A CEO ·

    Godfather of AI: They Keep Silencing Me But I’m Trying to Warn Them!

    6 moments · 21 min

    1. 39:42

      AI could replace far more workers than past technologies

      “My niece answers letters of complaint to a health service. It used to take her 25 minutes.”
      at 41:27
    2. 12:02

      AI makes cyberattacks easier, so Hinton spreads his savings

      “So I spread my money, my children's money between three banks”
      at 15:27
    3. 17:18

      Personal data can enable targeted election manipulation

      “Once you know that, it's very easy to manipulate them.”
      at 18:12
    4. 25:56

      Autonomous weapons could lower the cost of invasion

      “the risk is that it's going to make big countries invade small countries more often.”
      at 27:14
    5. 53:56

      Basic income may not replace the dignity of work

      “But for a lot of people, their dignity is tied up with their job.”
      at 55:55

    Also from this interview

    1. 1:25:46

      A CEO expects AI agents to shrink his workforce to 3,000

      “He said right now they have 3,600. And he said by the end of summer, because of AI agents, they'll be down to 3,000.”
      Steven Bartlett · at 1:27:04

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