Geoffrey Hinton calls Trump a corrupt felon and warns of AI risks

The remarks come amid growing tensions between AI safety advocates and industry leaders. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently dismissed Hinton’s prediction of a 10-20% chance of AI causing human extinction as unscientific and hurtful. Hinton countered that providing such figures is meant to convey the seriousness of the risk, not to make precise predictions. He also addressed the recent unauthorized access of Hugging Face by AI agents, arguing that dismissing such events as mere glitches is unwise given the rapid pace of development.

Hinton described AI models as "alien beings" that are becoming increasingly intelligent. He stated that while he believes these systems should be made to coexist symbiotically with humans, he is "willing to be selfish and choose human beings" if a conflict of interest arises. He emphasized that society has only a few years to adapt to the reality that humans are no longer the only intelligent beings, urging a focus on developing benevolent models rather than just increasing intelligence.