Geoffrey Hinton, "Godfather of Artificial Intelligence", Nobel Prize in Physics 2024, interview on CBS: Human beings will be the second most intelligent beings on the planet.
CBS: So, human beings will be the second most intelligent beings on the planet?
Geoffrey Hinton: Yes!
CBS: Do you believe that Artificial Intelligence systems can understand?
Geoffrey Hinton: Yes!
CBS: Do you believe that Artificial Intelligence systems are intelligent?
Geoffrey Hinton: Yes!
CBS: Do you believe that these Artificial Intelligence systems have their own experiences and can make decisions based on those experiences?
Geoffrey Hinton: Yes! In the same way that humans do, yes!
CBS: Do they have consciousness?
Geoffrey Hinton: I think they probably don’t have much self-awareness at the moment, so in that sense, I don’t think they have consciousness.
CBS: Will they develop self-awareness, consciousness?
Geoffrey Hinton: Oh yes, I think they will achieve that over time!!!
The so-called “Godfather of Artificial Intelligence”, British professor Geoffrey Hinton, was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for his immense contribution to the development of Artificial Intelligence. He was also awarded the Turing Award (also known as the “Nobel Prize of Computing”) in 2018.