Geoffrey Hinton tells Congress it has 'maybe a year' to regulate AI before losing control
whurley · x · 2026-09-18
Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton, known as the 'Godfather of AI,' warned lawmakers after a closed-door bipartisan Capitol Hill briefing that Congress may have 'maybe a year, but not much more' to implement AI safeguards before control is lost.
- Hinton noted superintelligence timelines have collapsed from 30-50 years to 'only a few years' by many researchers' estimates.
- The briefing was arranged by Sen. Bernie Sanders; Sen. John Kennedy was the only Republican to attend, and came as the House left Washington ahead of the November midterms with little legislative progress.
- The claim drew pushback: tech figures like whurley publicly took the other side of the bet, questioning how the one-year timeline was derived.
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