Hinton Warns EU Leaders in Dublin: Superintelligence Will Control You, Not Vice Versa
Chris_Armstrong · x · 2026-11-14
AI godfather and Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton addressed EU leaders at a summit in Dublin. Quoted by The Telegraph, Hinton said: "If it's super-intelligent it's not going to be you controlling it – it's going to be it controlling you."
He said he had been saying AI surpassing humans might happen within 10 years, but was shaken after attending lectures by OpenAI board member Paul Christiano, who argues it could happen in the next 18 months — which Hinton called "terrifying." He added that what's going on is "extremely dangerous" and that people haven't truly absorbed it yet.
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