AI Quote by Geoffrey Hinton
“Now that neural nets work, industry and government have started calling neural nets AI. And the people in AI who spent all their life mocking neural nets and saying they'd never do anything are now happy to call them AI and try and get some of the money.”
About This Quote
Source Speech: Interview on AI trends, 2023
The shift from skepticism to hype shows how success rebrands technology as AI, often for profit.
In simple terms: Success turns former critics into promoters.
Watch for hype versus substance.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- startup funding
- policy making
- public perception
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- How does funding influence AI narratives?
- What safeguards prevent empty branding?
Hype can obscure genuine progress.