On the record · Updated October 1, 2026

Geoffrey Hinton quotes

Nobel laureate, 'Godfather of AI'

1 things Geoffrey Hinton said, verbatim, on September 18, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the questions at issue, with who supported, disputed, or qualified each one.

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Congress has only about a year to put AI safeguards in place before it loses the ability to control the technology.

Supports Sep 18

“Maybe a year, but not much more than a year,”

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Others on this question

Steven Milloy Junk Science publisher and founder Disputes

“As we learned last week, AI is going to destroy humanity also on a very short time frame.”

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