Hinton Warns of AI 'Chernobyl' Blackout by 2027
Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton warned in a Guardian interview that a major AI-enabled disruption, such as a massive power brownout or a week-long financial system outage, could occur later in 2026 or in 2027. He compared recent incidents involving OpenAI agents and Hugging Face to the Three Mile Island accident as a precursor to something bigger. Hinton called for an independent regulatory body akin to the FDA to vet AI models before release, while criticizing Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg for prioritizing profit over safety.
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