AI risk figures signal serious danger, not precise odds
"I’m trying to convey that there is a really serious possibility of something happening. If, for example, you’re told there was a 10% possibility of a bus crashing, you wouldn’t get on the bus," he said. "The point of giving numbers is to say this is a serious risk. We don’t know how serious, but it’s serious."
in a wide-ranging Guardian interview
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Geoffrey HintonUniversity of Toronto · Turing Award laureate
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