Geoffrey Hinton

2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Aug 4, 2025 by Noah Smith · said 16 times in 9 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Aug 4, 2025 negative
Assertion Supported
Smith: Radiologist wages and employment rose after Hinton's automation prediction
“You also got Jeffrey Hinton's prediction that radiologists would be unemployed within a certain time frame, and by that time, radiologist wages were higher than ever, and employment was higher than ever.”
Noah Smith Aug 4, 2025 ▶ 12:45 Dwarkesh Patel and Noah Smith on AGI and the Economy
Aug 25, 2025
Assertion Contradicted
Sinofsky: Geoffrey Hinton could not get neural net funding in 1989
“In, in, like, in 1989, like, Hinton couldn't get funded trying to do neural nets.”
Steven Sinofsky Aug 25, 2025 ▶ 10:29 Aaron Levie and Steven Sinofsky on the AI-Worker Future
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