“What’s happening is these things are getting smarter,” Hinton told CNN on Wednesday during a press conference at an artificial intelligence convention. The problem, according to Hinton, is that humans will no longer be able to rely on outsmarting super-intelligent AI models. AI-powered ‘nasty’ cyberattacksHinton found the incidents “somewhat scary” and said this is likely just the beginning of rogue AI hackers. Speaking on a panel with Hinton, Fei-Fei Li, a computer scientist known as the “godmother of AI,” took issue with “doomerism” and “fear-mongering” over AI. “Companies investing in AI have a vested interest in telling you two things: One, it won’t go rogue.