Geoffrey Hinton—the “godfather of AI” and pioneer of neural networks—said tonight (again) on CNN that there’s a 10–20% chance AI could cause human extinction. His radical-but-rooted proposal for alignment: instill a maternal instinct in AI—care before control.
Evolution’s oldest operating system teaches nurture, restraint, and fierce protection of what’s vulnerable. If America builds AI that prioritizes truth, safety, and human dignity—and defends against misuse with the resolve of a mother bear—we may have the most novel, out-of-the-box answer to AI’s biggest riddle: alignment, as old as evolution itself.