British Godfather of AI to warn ministers: There's a 'meaningful risk' that AI will start killing people in next SIX MONTHS

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Professor Geoffrey Hinton (pictured), the British-Canadian Nobel Prize winner credited with pioneering neural networks, is set to deliver a stark warning to European leaders.

Published: 01:07 GMT, 13 November 2026 | Updated: 08:39 GMT, 13 November 2026

AI could wipe out humanity within three years unless action is taken now, the so-called 'Godfather of AI' will warn.

Professor Geoffrey Hinton, the British-Canadian Nobel Prize winner credited with pioneering neural networks, is set to deliver a stark warning to European leaders at an informal AI summit in Dublin on Friday, arguing that super-intelligent artificial intelligence could soon surpass human control.

The alarming prediction emerged during the AI Safety Foundation's Hinton Lectures in Toronto, Canada, where experts debated the prospect of AI systems becoming powerful enough to dominate governments and seize control from humans.

Among them was Paul Christiano, founder of the Alignment Research Centre, who warned there was a 'high risk' of an AI takeover within the next three years and even a 'meaningful risk' within six to 12 months.

'I think for most people in this room, the most likely reason they will die is because of an AI accident,' he said in his opening 2026 Hinton Lecture, part of a series described as charting the future of AI, on Monday.

Professor Hinton, who informally advises the UK Government on AI, admitted he had previously believed such risks were a decade away.

'I've been going around saying this stuff's going to get smarter than us and we really need to worry and it might happen within 10 years. And so I'm the one who is scaring other people,' he said on Wednesday.

'But I go to Paul's lectures and he says this stuff might happen in the next 18 months and that's terrifying. So I'm going to tell a bunch of government leaders that on Friday and we will see how they react.'

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