SMRTR AISep 16, 2025Forbes

Geoffrey Hinton: Society Is Unprepared For AI’s Economic Disruption

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Geoffrey Hinton warns that AI will create massive unemployment, making "a few people much richer and most people poorer" while tech CEOs falsely promise benefits for workers. The Nobel Prize-winning AI pioneer believes superintelligent machines could arrive within 5-20 years, requiring urgent societal preparation rather than optimism, as AI threatens jobs and may become a rival intelligence that redefines human existence.

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