# Geoffrey Hinton

Record: actor-hinton · Type: actor · Edition: 0.19.0 · Evidence cutoff: 2026-09-15

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Dataset pointer: `/map/entities/23`. Reviewed: 2026-09-15.

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## Position context

Status: placed. Kind: person. Evidence clarity: medium. Basis: mixed. Implementation: public-advocacy.

Sources used: First-hand material and reporting or indirect copies.

Editorial coordinates: x=-50, y=75; x range [-80, -15]; y range [50, 95]. These are layout units, not probabilities.

## /scope

Conditional controls on exceptionally capable AI in a coauthored policy paper.

Claim: claim-actor-hinton-c863eb4481f44246f08ae770. Annotation: editorial.

[extreme-ai-risks-2024](https://arxiv.org/html/2310.17688v3) · [hinton-gzero-2025](https://www.gzeromedia.com/amp/ai-human-cost-geoffrey-hinton-2674373827)

## /caveat

The proposal is collective and dated. Its control-risk warning is not a probability estimate or a claim that every kind of AI should stop.

Claim: claim-actor-hinton-7186e669fd92b7b9ba3a39d1. Annotation: editorial.

[extreme-ai-risks-2024](https://arxiv.org/html/2310.17688v3) · [hinton-gzero-2025](https://www.gzeromedia.com/amp/ai-human-cost-geoffrey-hinton-2674373827)

## /evidence/0/note

Coauthors a call for conditional development halts when dangerous capabilities emerge.

Claim: claim-actor-hinton-578caeedf4145a5def639275. Annotation: attributed-summary · Axis: pace · Evidence role: support.

Find the passage: Mitigation

[extreme-ai-risks-2024](https://arxiv.org/html/2310.17688v3)

## /evidence/1/note

Coauthors a warning about irreversible loss of control and human extinction.

Claim: claim-actor-hinton-b25bcf8a94adc5637f57b6bb. Annotation: attributed-summary · Axis: concern · Evidence role: support.

Find the passage: Societal-scale risks

[extreme-ai-risks-2024](https://arxiv.org/html/2310.17688v3)

## /evidence/2/note

The interview publisher reports continued concern about humans losing control.

Claim: claim-actor-hinton-3055762cf9f1412e803df750. Annotation: attributed-summary · Axis: context · Evidence role: context.

Find the passage: December 2025 episode summary

[hinton-gzero-2025](https://www.gzeromedia.com/amp/ai-human-cost-geoffrey-hinton-2674373827)

## /profile/summary

Advocates conditional restraints on highly capable AI and warns about losing control.

Claim: claim-actor-hinton-d3d975f0c6400f4267a85c3a. Annotation: synthesis.

[extreme-ai-risks-2024](https://arxiv.org/html/2310.17688v3) · [hinton-gzero-2025](https://www.gzeromedia.com/amp/ai-human-cost-geoffrey-hinton-2674373827)

## /profile/sections/0/text

This point summarizes the coauthored proposal; its range allows different readings.

Claim: claim-actor-hinton-d5cfe7a5d30ad7478b118039. Annotation: synthesis.

[extreme-ai-risks-2024](https://arxiv.org/html/2310.17688v3)

## /profile/sections/1/text

The December 2025 publisher summary describes his concern about control. His proposed protective instincts are an idea, not a demonstrated safeguard.

Claim: claim-actor-hinton-5289a16dd62b1e364d71bce8. Annotation: synthesis.

[hinton-gzero-2025](https://www.gzeromedia.com/amp/ai-human-cost-geoffrey-hinton-2674373827)

## Source provenance

### extreme-ai-risks-2024

[Managing extreme AI risks amid rapid progress (version 3)](https://arxiv.org/html/2310.17688v3)

Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, Stuart Russell and coauthors / arXiv · First-hand source (primary) · Published: 2023-10-26 · Updated: 2024-05-22 · Material last read: 2026-09-15 · Verification: read

Read scope is described in the source note.

Read authors, societal-scale risks and governance/mitigation sections of version 3. Coauthorship supports a shared proposal, not identical personal beliefs or a present-day forecast.

No archive check recorded.

### hinton-gzero-2025

[The human cost of AI, with Geoffrey Hinton](https://www.gzeromedia.com/amp/ai-human-cost-geoffrey-hinton-2674373827)

GZERO Media · Reporting or indirect copy (reporting) · Published: 2025-12-06 · Material last read: 2026-09-15 · Verification: read

Read scope is described in the source note.

Read the interview publisher's summary and attributed control-risk quotation. The full audio/transcript was not reviewed; this record is reporting, not direct verification of every interview claim.

No archive check recorded.