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Artificial intelligence pioneer and Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton is raising alarms about the potential dangers of increasingly sophisticated AI systems. Hinton warns that humanity might inadvertently be creating ‘alien beings’ with the capacity to surpass human control. He is urging immediate and comprehensive research to understand and mitigate the risks associated with advanced AI, drawing a parallel to the urgency of responding to an extraterrestrial invasion detected through tools like the James Webb telescope. Hinton’s remarks underscore a growing debate within the AI community about the long-term implications of rapidly evolving AI technologies. The original source for his comments can be found on Reddit: [https://old.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1mxwjfw/nobel_laureate_hinton_says_it_is_time_to_be_very/]