Geoffrey Hinton, one of the most prominent figures in the world of artificial intelligence , is sounding the alarm that machines could soon outthink humans, and he's advocating for "maternal instincts" to be built into advanced systems to ensure AI cares for and protects people.

Hinton believes artificial general intelligence, a type of AI that can meet or exceed human capabilities, could be as little as just a few years away, much sooner than his earlier estimates of 30 to 50 years, Forbes Magazine reported .

"They’re going to be much smarter than us," Hinton said at the recent Ai4 Conference in Las Vegas. "Imagine you were in charge of a playground of 3-year-olds, and you worked for them. It wouldn’t be very hard for them to get around you if they were smarter."

Hinton, frequently

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