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Godfather of AI Denounces Trump as a ‘Corrupt, Senile Felon’

Computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton, dubbed the "godfather" of artificial intelligence, delivered a withering assessment of President Donald Trump's understanding of the technology in an interview published by The Guardian on Tuesday. The 78-year-old Hinton, a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, told The Guardian that he was particularly…

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