Hinton
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Christopher, Baron Hinton of Bankside, 1901–1983, British nuclear engineer.
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William Augustus, 1883–1959, U.S. medical researcher and educator.
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Hinton puts focus on the psychological impact — detailing how the Greasers spruce themselves up and how the lead character, 14-year-old Ponyboy, begins to wonder what he’s fighting for.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
We should take the warnings of Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Geoffrey Hinton and others seriously without allowing fears about tomorrow’s frontier systems to frighten us from responsibly using today’s technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
On Thursday Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist who helped create AI and has grown concerned at its dangers, was far more compelling on CNN.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Then computer scientist and Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton, known as the "Godfather of AI", told the BBC that the claim was "not unreasonable", external.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Mrs. Hinton said my piano and voice were coming along just fine.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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