>If Hinton really, genuinely believes the world is ending, then why is he working on the generational successor to backpropagation This just misunderstands ner

>If Hinton really, genuinely believes the world is ending, then why is he working on the generational successor to backpropagation This just misunderstands nerd psychology. You can believe there's a high chance of what you're working on being dangerous and still be unable to stop working on it. As Oppenheimer put it, "when you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it". Besides, working on fundamental problems rather than scaling and capabilities is probably disconnected enough from immediate danger for Hinton to avoid cognitive dissonance.