As seen online:
“Hinton said he used to think it could take 30 years to 50 years to achieve AGI but now sees this moment coming sooner. “A reasonable bet is sometime between five and 20 years,” he said. While Hinton remains concerned about what could go wrong with AI, he is hopeful the technology will pave the way to medical breakthroughs.
“We’re going to see radical new drugs. We are going to get much better cancer treatment than the present,” he said.
For instance, he said AI will help doctors comb through and correlate the vast amounts of data produced by MRI and CT scans.”
— from The ‘godfather of AI’ reveals the only way humanity can survive superintelligent AI | CNN Business as of 14 August 2025