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Re:'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton says it could drive hum... by pfdietz on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @06:24PM (#42562631)
Is this "could" in the same sense as "I could be elected Pope"?
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Re:'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton says it could drive hum... by tromp on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @06:47PM (#42562739)
No. More like

> Prof Hinton has previously predicted there was a 10 per cent chance AI could lead to the downfall of humankind within three decades.

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Re:'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton says it could drive hum... by pfdietz on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @11:22PM (#42571615)
So, a spuriously quantitative prediction pulled out of his butt?

How can anyone take something like that seriously? Do you even bother to ask yourself how he could possibly know that?

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