05/20/2026
MIT IMES is thrilled that Geoffrey Hinton, the “godfather of AI”, will be delivering the Judith Richter Lecture in Education, Science, and Peace. Hinton, professor emeritus, University of Toronto, VP & Engineering Fellow Google and the Physics Nobel Prize recipient 2024--will give a "brief and biased history of AI." He will talk about the risks of , especially the risk that AI will take over. He will speculate on why the public is not more scared of this, and will reframe how we can co-exist with superintelligent AI. Reception to follow.
When: Tuesday, May 26th, 3:30 pm
Where: Room 32-123
For more info: https://imes.mit.edu/news-events/distinguished-speaker-series-richter-lecture