Published July 11, 2026, this piece presents an interview with Turing Award-winning computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton, known as the godfather of deep learning, on the promise and peril of advanced AI. Hinton, who left Google in 2023, describes AI development as akin to a new species emerging and reiterates warnings about the existential risks posed by increasingly powerful AI systems. The interview covers his views on artificial general intelligence and the inadequacy of current safeguards.
