AI Pioneer Quits Google To Warn About Tech ‘Dangers’

CANADA – Geoffrey Hinton, who has been called the ‘Godfather of AI,’ confirmed that he left his role at Google to speak out about the “dangers” of the technology he helped to develop.
Hinton’s pioneering work on neural networks shaped artificial intelligence systems powering many of today’s products. He worked part-time at Google for a decade on the tech giant’s AI development efforts, but he has since come to have concerns about the technology and his role in advancing it.
In a tweet Monday, Hinton said he left Google so he could speak freely about the risks of AI, rather than because of a desire to criticize Google specifically.