China's leaders understand the risk of artificial intelligence "much better than the US government," says Jeffrey Hindon, the "grandfather of artificial intelligence" of PBS, said last November 13 he went to Shanghai and spoke with a member of the Politburo, a protégé of Xi Jinping. "I believe the politburo understands these things much better than the US government. They are very concerned about these risks, and they will cooperate with the U.S. in an attempt to prevent by taking over intelligence." That still won't happen, he said, "while we still have, how can I say this, a possibly corrupt criminal in the White House." Not two years, he thinks. After that, he expects a "sensible American government" to work with China on superintelligence, as the US and the Soviet Union did on the dangers of H-bombs in the 1950s. The terms:

China's leaders understand the risk of artificial intelligence "much better than the US government," says Jeffrey Hindon, the "grandfather of artificial intelligence" of PBS, said last November 13 he went to Shanghai and spoke with a member of the Politburo, a protégé of Xi Jinping. "I believe the politburo understands these things much better than the US government. They are very concerned about these risks, and they will cooperate with the U.S. in an attempt to prevent by taking over intelligence." That still won't happen, he said, "while we still have, how can I say this, a possibly corrupt criminal in the White House." Not two years, he thinks. After that, he expects a "sensible American government" to work with China on superintelligence, as the US and the Soviet Union did on the dangers of H-bombs in the 1950s. The terms: