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Geoffrey Hinton: it might turn out we were better off without AI

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/03/ai-godfather-geoffrey-hinton-better-off-without-ai
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The scene is bleak, silent, desert-like with a few dead trees bleached white by unfiltered UV. Nothing moves. In the distance a cave, and from that cave

... no shit Sherlock

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We should have not left the trees. You cannot disrupt banking and power if they do not exist. Checkmate!
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