Anxiety grows over the societal effects of the AI boom

A cluster of stories have added to the sense of foreboding about the rapid progress of artificial intelligence technology.
Geoffrey Hinton, who is credited with developing some of the most important techniques at the heart of modern AI, is retiring from his role at Google. Having done so, he now seems determined to highlight his concerns about AI. An early manifestation of this is an interview granted to MIT Technology Review, headlined ‘Geoffrey Hinton tells us why he’s now scared o