Geoffrey Hinton: 'I'm not a doomer,' puts AI extinction risk at about 1%
Logibenq · reddit · 2026-10-23
In an El País interview, 'godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton clarified: 'I'm not a doomer,' but estimates roughly a 1% chance AI destroys humanity — a probability he says is too significant to ignore and the reason he left Google to warn publicly. The interview touches on AI development paths, job displacement, and the case for regulation.
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