This is an updated version of a story first published on Oct. 8, 2023. The original video can be viewed here. Whether you think artificial intelligence will save the world or end it, you have Geoffrey Hinton to thank. Hinton has been called 'the Godfather of AI,' a British computer scientist whose controversial ideas helped make advanced artificial intelligence possible and, so, changed the world.
Geoffrey Hinton: Every morning when I went to school he'd actually say to me, as I walked down the driveway, 'get in there pitching and maybe when you're twice as old as me you'll be half as good.'Dad was an authority on beetles.Geoffrey Hinton: He knew a lot more about beetles than he knew about people. Scott Pelley: Did you feel that as a child?Geoffrey Hinton: A bit, yes.