# More Intelligent Than Ourselves by Geoffrey Hinton > "When we get [AI systems] more intelligent than ourselves, no one really knows whether we’re going to be able to control them." > **— Geoffrey Hinton**, *2024, post-Nobel University of Toronto interview* ## Sources and Context - **Exact original excerpt:** "when we get things more intelligent than ourselves, no one really knows whether we’re going to be able to control them." - **Editorial repair and evidence:** The poster replaces "things" with bracketed "[AI systems]" to make its antecedent explicit. Hinton's preceding sentence in the same quoted answer says he hopes AI will bring benefits; the next sentence names his worry that AI may bring bad things. Initial capitalization is editorial. The [University of Toronto publication](https://www.utoronto.ca/news/his-words-geoffrey-hinton-reflects-his-nobel-prize-win) reproduces the passage under “His legacy,” published October 10, 2024; no timecode is asserted. - **Full quotation and context:** [In his words: Geoffrey Hinton reflects on his Nobel Prize win](https://www.utoronto.ca/news/his-words-geoffrey-hinton-reflects-his-nobel-prize-win) — The University of Toronto preserves Hinton's complete statement about controlling systems more intelligent than humans. ## 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/The Skeuomorphic Interval|The Skeuomorphic Interval]] - **Article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] - **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 ``` "When we get [AI systems] more intelligent than ourselves, no one really knows whether we’re going to be able to control them." — Geoffrey Hinton, 2024, post-Nobel University of Toronto interview https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-geoffrey-hinton-intelligent-ourselves ```