During his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, the man known as the ‘Godfather of AI’ sent a grim message to mankind as a whole.

Geoffrey Hinton is one of the most well-known experts in current artificial intelligence, and he was given the Nobel Prize in 2024 for his committed career working on neural networks.

He is known as the ‘Godfather of AI’ for co-developing the backpropagation algorithm in the 1980s. He is an expert in artificial intelligence.

The algorithm is what formed the groundwork for the deep learning systems we use today, and he stayed at Google until 2023, helping to spearhead AI development.

However, Hinton eventually resigned because he wanted to be allowed to express himself freely about AI and its concerns.

At the time, he told the BBC, “As far as I can tell, they’re not more clever than us. However, I believe they will soon be.

He went on to say, “Right now, what we’re finding is that things like GPT-4 much outperform people in terms of general knowledge.” It’s not as good at reasoning, but it can already do basic reasoning,” he explained.

“Given the rate of improvement, we expect things to improve quickly. So we need to be concerned about it.”

While his entire life has been committed to creating AI, it looks like he regrets everything, and during his Nobel address, he warned everyone in the audience.

He began his speech by saying, “Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, dear laureates, ladies and gentlemen, this year, the Nobel Committees in Physics and Chemistry have recognized the dramatic progress being made in a new type of artificial intelligence that uses artificial neural networks to learn how to solve difficult computational problems.”

“This new form of AI excels at modelling human intuition, rather than human reasoning, and it will enable us to create highly intelligent and knowledgeable assistants who will increase productivity in almost all industries.”

He went on to say, “If the benefits of increased productivity are shared equally, it will be a wonderful advance for all humanity.”

“Unfortunately, significant advancements in AI come with several short-term hazards.

“It has already created divisive echo chambers by offering people content that makes them indignant.”

Hinton cautioned viewers that AI is causing harm by establishing online echo chambers and that it is also being used by ‘authoritarian regimes’ to perform mass surveillance and assist criminals in running worldwide schemes.

He went on to warn that AI may soon be used to build autonomous weapons or viruses that hurt populations.

The worst thing is that he mentioned the possibility of sophisticated digital creatures that are uncontrollable in the future.