Geoffrey Hinton: it might turn out we were better off without AI
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Summary: Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/03/ai-godfather-geoffrey-hinton-better-off-without-ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50363554 Points: 104 # Comments: 64
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