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title: "2 Breakthroughs Quotes By Geoffrey Hinton"
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> [In the long run, curiosity-driven research just works better... Real breakthroughs come from people focusing on what they're excited about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-hinton/in-the-long-run-curiosity-driven-research-just-works-better-real/)

[Geoffrey Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-hinton/)

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> [I am betting on Google's team to be the epicenter of future breakthroughs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-hinton/i-am-betting-on-google-s-team-to-be-the-epicenter-of-future/)

[Geoffrey Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-hinton/)

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## More by Geoffrey Hinton

> [I think the way we're doing computer vision is just wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-hinton/i-think-the-way-we-re-doing-computer-vision-is-just-wrong/)

[Geoffrey Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-hinton/)

> [Irony is going to be hard to get. You have to be master of the literal first. But then, Americans don't get irony either.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-hinton/irony-is-going-to-be-hard-to-get-you-have-to-be-master-of-the-literal/)

[Geoffrey Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-hinton/)

> [My main interest is in trying to find radically different kinds of neural nets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-hinton/my-main-interest-is-in-trying-to-find-radically-different-kinds-of/)

[Geoffrey Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-hinton/)

> [A deep-learning system doesn't have any explanatory power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-hinton/a-deep-learning-system-doesn-t-have-any-explanatory-power/)

[Geoffrey Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-hinton/)

> [We want to take AI and CIFAR to wonderful new places, where no person, no student, no program has gone before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-hinton/we-want-to-take-ai-and-cifar-to-wonderful-new-places-where-no-person/)

[Geoffrey Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-hinton/)

> [In deep learning, the algorithms we use now are versions of the algorithms we were developing in the 1980s, the 1990s. People were very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-hinton/in-deep-learning-the-algorithms-we-use-now-are-versions-of-the/)

[Geoffrey Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-hinton/)

> [Computers will understand sarcasm before Americans do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-hinton/computers-will-understand-sarcasm-before-americans-do/)

[Geoffrey Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-hinton/)

> [The role of radiologists will evolve from doing perceptual things that could probably be done by a highly trained pigeon to doing far more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-hinton/the-role-of-radiologists-will-evolve-from-doing-perceptual-things/)

[Geoffrey Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-hinton/)

> [I get very excited when we discover a way of making neural networks better - and when that's closely related to how the brain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-hinton/i-get-very-excited-when-we-discover-a-way-of-making-neural-networks/)

[Geoffrey Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-hinton/)

> [Deep learning is already working in Google search and in image search; it allows you to image-search a term like 'hug.' It's used to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-hinton/deep-learning-is-already-working-in-google-search-and-in-image-search/)

[Geoffrey Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-hinton/)

> [In A.I., the holy grail was how do you generate internal representations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-hinton/in-a-i-the-holy-grail-was-how-do-you-generate-internal-representations/)

[Geoffrey Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-hinton/)

> [As soon as you have good mechanical technology, you can make things like backhoes that can dig holes in the road. But of course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-hinton/as-soon-as-you-have-good-mechanical-technology-you-can-make-things/)

[Geoffrey Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-hinton/)

> [To deal with a 14-dimensional space, visualize a 3-D space and say 'fourteen' to yourself very loudly. Everyone does it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-hinton/to-deal-with-a-14-dimensional-space-visualize-a-3-d-space-and-say/)

[Geoffrey Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-hinton/)

> [In science, you can say things that seem crazy, but in the long run, they can turn out to be right. We can get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-hinton/in-science-you-can-say-things-that-seem-crazy-but-in-the-long-run/)

[Geoffrey Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-hinton/)

> [My view is we should be doing everything we can to come up with ways of exploiting the current technology effectively.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-hinton/my-view-is-we-should-be-doing-everything-we-can-to-come-up-with-ways/)

[Geoffrey Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-hinton/)

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