# Digital Intelligence Will Take Over by Geoffrey Hinton > "My guess is that they will take over — they'll be much, much more intelligent than people ever were." > **— Geoffrey Hinton**, *October 27, 2023, University of Toronto Convocation Hall event* *Verification Status: Editorially quarantined — `they` has no antecedent in the quotation. Recover a complete, self-contained passage before promotion.* ## Sources and Context - **Full quotation and event context:** [Geoffrey Hinton talks responsible AI at a packed Convocation Hall event](https://alumni.utoronto.ca/news/geoffrey-hinton-talks-responsible-ai-packed-convocation-hall-event) — the University of Toronto report preserves the takeover forecast, Hinton's description of humanity as a possible passing stage, and his statement that he hopes his best guess is wrong. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] - **Article:** [[articles/Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems|Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Geoffrey Hinton|Geoffrey Hinton]] - [[wiki/Alignment Problem|Alignment Problem]] - [[wiki/AI Coordination Systems|AI Coordination Systems]] - [[wiki/Control Theory|Control Theory]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/OpenAI Frontier|OpenAI Frontier]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "My guess is that they will take over — they'll be much, much more intelligent than people ever were." — Geoffrey Hinton, October 27, 2023, University of Toronto Convocation Hall event https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-geoffrey-hinton-digital-intelligence-take-over ```