Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Computer scientist and cognitive psychologist Geoffrey Hinton speaks at Ai4 Conference in Las Vegas, noting that AI agents are generating self-preservation subgoals. Hinton states that “we're going to see more and more complex intentions they have and more and more ability to escape control. And so I don't believe we're going to be able to keep control of them. In the simple way of just, we outthink them so they can't
escape. They're going to be able to outthink us.”
Computer scientist and cognitive psychologist Geoffrey Hinton speaks at Ai4 Conference in Las Vegas, noting that AI agents are generating self-preservation subgoals. Hinton states that “we're going to see more and more complex intentions they have and more and more ability to escape control. And so I don't believe we're going to be able to keep control of them. In the simple way of just, we outthink them so they can't
escape. They're going to be able to outthink us.”
