The 'Godfather of AI' says the US government has one year to try to regulate AI before it gets 'out of control'
Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer in artificial intelligence, warns that lawmakers have roughly one year to regulate advanced AI before it becomes uncontrollable. He cites the rapid pace of AI self-improvement and recent security incidents as evidence that the window for safety intervention is closing.
Why it matters
The warning from a leading expert underscores the urgent global debate regarding the existential risks of frontier AI and the adequacy of current legislative efforts.
The "Godfather of AI" Geoffrey Hinton warns that the window to regulate advanced AI may be closing rapidly. Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile for Collision via Getty Images The "Godfather of AI" warns lawmakers may have only about a year to regulate advanced AI. Geoffrey Hinton says AI systems are starting to build smarter versions of itself. His warning comes as Silicon Valley's AI elite push to pace frontier AI. US lawmakers may have only about a year to put meaningful guardrails around artificial intelligence before AI advances to the point where it could become "out of control," warned the "Godfather of AI." Speaking after a briefing with members of Congress on Wednesday, Geoffrey Hinton said the window for regulating advanced AI has narrowed dramatically as the technology develops faster than many researchers expected.
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