“Godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton said AI’s best bet for not threatening humanity is the technology acting like a mother. At a recent conference, he said AI should have a “maternal instinct.” Rather than humans trying to dominate AI, they should instead act as a baby, with an AI “mother,” therefore more likely to protect them, rather than see them as a threat.

Sigmund Freud would like a word with the “godfather of AI.”

Geoffrey Hinton, Nobel laureate and professor emeritus of computer science at the University of Toronto, argues it’s only a matter of time before AI becomes power-hungry enough to threaten the wellbeing of humans. In order to mitigate the risk of this, the “godfather of AI” said tech companies should ensure their models have “maternal instincts,” so the bots can treat hum

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