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Yes I know, the robot apocalypse people seem desperate to be afraid of is always just around the corner. Geoff Hinton, while a definite pioneer in AI, didn't kick anything off, he was one of a large number of people working on it, and one of a small number predicting armageddon.
The reason it's always just around the corner is because there is very strong evidence we're approaching the singularity. Why do you sound sarcastic saying this? What probability would you assign to an AI apocalypse in the next three decades?
Geoff Hinton absolutely kicked things off. Everybody else had given up on neural nets for image recognition, but his breakthrough renewed interest throughout the world. We wouldn't have deepdreaming slugdogs without him.
It should not be surprising that most people in the field of AI are not predicting armageddon, since it would be harmful to their careers to do so. Hinton is also not predicting the apocalypse -- he's saying 10-20% chance, which is actually a prediction that it won't happen.