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Nobel-winning AI pioneer Hinton blasts Trump over AI knowledge

The Nobel-winning computer scientist's remarks, reported by the Guardian, land as Washington argues over how to govern artificial intelligence; the president has not yet answered.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA Nobel-winning AI pioneer is aiming at the White House this morning, and it has nothing to do with chatbots.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorGeoffrey Hinton, often called the godfather of AI, told reporters that President Trump is a corrupt, senile felon who knows nothing about artificial intelligence.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Guardian has the story, and it matters because Hinton left his job at Google to warn the world about this technology, so people listen when he talks.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA man who built the thing says the person regulating the thing has never opened the thing. That is the whole problem, Vera.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOr it's a chance for the president to book a tutorial. Hinton does teach.

  6. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHe called him a felon on the record. I doubt he's getting a seat in the front row.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFront row, back row. The computer will have the same opinion of both.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHank!

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