Geoffrey Hinton, an intellectual giant in the field of artificial intelligence, has left Google in order to speak freely about the risks of AI, according to The New York Times. While Hinton, who joined Google in 2013, had been working there part-time in recent months, his departure is symbolic given his stature in the field. Decades ago, he advocated for using a “neural network,” or a system...
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