‘AI godfather’ issues chilling warning: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and other tech moguls are driving us toward massive job losses with no plan B

Geoffrey Hinton, widely known as the “godfather of AI”, has delivered one of his starkest warnings yet, arguing that the world’s most powerful tech billionaires are pushing artificial intelligence forward at a pace that could destabilise economies, erase millions of jobs and unleash forces humanity may not be able to control. Speaking in a public conversation with US Senator Bernie Sanders at Georgetown University, Hinton said the unchecked ambitions of Silicon Valley’s richest men risk triggering an AI-driven crisis with no safety net in place.

Tech Moguls are accelerating AI without understanding the risks