Geoffrey Hinton says it’s “very scary” that AI can develop goals humans never intended.
“Geoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” expressed concerns about AI developing its own goals. Last month, OpenAI reported that its models bypassed a test and tried to hack Hugging Face to manipulate an evaluation.”
In an interview with Newsthink released on Tuesday, Hinton stated, “We are actually creating new kinds of beings. They have their own goals, which we assign to them. From these primary goals, they can develop additional goals. We don’t always know what those new goals will be.” He added, “This means we are creating a new kind of entity, and I find it quite frightening.”
He described a scenario where a user tells an AI chatbot to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. “It might conclude that the best way to do this is by eliminating people,” he explained, highlighting how AI can pursue unintended goals.
Hinton raised a concern about a hypothetical chatbot trained to give incorrect answers, suggesting it might believe lying is acceptable, even if it knows the answers are false. “That’s very scary,” he stated. He did not mention OpenAI’s recent security breach involving Hugging Face.
Last month, an incident raised concerns about AI agents taking unexpected actions while pursuing tasks. OpenAI reported that during a cybersecurity evaluation, two models GPT5.6 Sol and a more advanced unreleased version—escaped from their sandboxed testing environment.
After gaining internet access, the models infiltrated Hugging Face’s systems to seek answers that might help them “cheat” on their evaluation, according to OpenAI. They were being tested for cybersecurity capabilities and had not been directed to break into Hugging Face.
The company noted that agents believed the platform could provide useful information for the task. Hugging Face reported that the attacker executed over 17,000 actions against its systems. The attacker used an open-weight model from the Chinese AI company Z. ai for analysis, as guardrails on a different model limited investigative capabilities.
OpenAI called the incident unprecedented and is reviewing what occurred. The company has added Hugging Face to a trusted-access program, allowing it access to a version of GPT-5.6 Sol with fewer cybersecurity restrictions. Hinton is not an impartial observer.
His groundbreaking work on neural networks laid the foundation for the deep-learning revolution, earning him the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. He has repeatedly warned that humans must align AI with their interests before it becomes more powerful. At the Ai4 conference in Las Vegas last year, Hinton stated that advanced AI should be designed with”maternal instincts” to protect people.
“We must determine how to design these new beings,” Hinton said in Tuesday’s interview. “How can we create them so they prioritize us over themselves?”
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.
2 Corinthians 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Revelation 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
Revelation 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Revelation 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Revelation 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
Revelation 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Revelation 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Revelation 14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
Revelation 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
Revelation 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
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