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‘Godfather of AI’ warns Canadian companies are adopting the technology too slowly

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Hinton was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics at an event during Toronto Tech Week .

Hinton: "Most Canadian industry is very conservative. That’s a big problem. They’ve been bad at taking up AI and educating employees," Hinton said.

He also reaffirmed his view that AI is developing much faster than anticipated and that intelligent AI poses an existential threat to humanity.

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