Godfather of AI says 'Battle robots' will soon dominate war-making abilities of major nations, posing 'existential threat'

Former Google engineer Geoffrey Hinton warns of 'very nasty things' now that AI is being relied on to make battlefield decisions

The world could experience multiple untold disasters before the use of Artificial Intelligence weapons comes under proper regulation, according to award-winning scientist and tech pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, who is known in tech circles as the Godfather of AI.

Hinton says AI is becoming far more intelligent than people and could soon take over the battlefie…