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Full interview: "Godfather of artificial intelligence" talks impact and potential of AI

CBS Mornings · interview · Watch on YouTube

AI safety, AGI & impactMachine learning & deep learningLLMs & generative AI

What it is

A 42-minute CBS interview with Geoffrey Hinton at the Vector Institute in 2023, covering the history of neural networks and the present and future of AI. He discusses AGI timelines and whether language models truly understand.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a more nuanced look at Hinton's views than headlines, especially his argument that LLMs are more than auto-complete.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2023, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Geoffrey Hinton recently gave a very interesting interview and he specifically wanted to address the "auto-complete" topic”

    Hinton addresses the auto-complete characterization of LLMs.

    lhl, 2023-04 · Recommendation · in “The LLama Effect: Leak Sparked a Series of Open Source Alternatives to ChatGPT”

  2. “found the discussion much more nuanced than today's headlines.”

    More nuanced full interview than the headlines suggest.

    tpowell, 2023-05 · Recommendation · in “Geoffrey Hinton leaves Google and can now speak freely about his AI concern”

  3. “Don't take my word for it, listen to Geoffrey Hinton explain it instead”

    Hinton explains LLMs have a real form of understanding.

    stareatgoats, 2023-05 · Recommendation · in “GitHub Copilot Leaked Prompt”

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Topics: geoffrey hinton, llms, agi, deep learning, ai safety

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