computer scientist
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computer scientists
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Former Google researcher Geoffrey Hinton and fellow computer scientist Yoshua Bengio led the warnings about AI's threats in the months after the release of ChatGPT in 2022, which kickstarted the latest AI frenzy.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
He is not a computer scientist, and he is not exactly known for holding accurate views of how artificial intelligence actually works.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
The tech leaders included Eric Schmidt, former Google chief executive; Reid Hoffman, a LinkedIn co-founder; Vinod Khosla, a venture capitalist; Yann LeCun, a computer scientist; and Jack Clark, a co-founder of Anthropic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The need for such high levels of reliability can stress the capabilities of AI architectures and humans alike, according to computer scientist and Databricks co-founder Ion Stoica.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
“Programming with cards,” one computer scientist from that era remembers, “did not teach you programming. It taught you patience and proofreading.”
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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