AnalysisPolicyAugust 28, 2026

Hinton: 'Just unplug it' won't stop AI

Geoffrey Hinton, Nobel laureate and 'Godfather of AI,' tells Neil deGrasse Tyson on StarTalk that physically unplugging AI systems won't work because 'all they need is to talk to us.' He argues the physical switch is useless against advanced AI.

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