. > whether you think artificial intelligence will save the world or end it, you have geoffrey hintonfather of a.i., a british computer scientist whose controversial ideas helped makee ibled so changed the wo as we first reported last year, elbúves at a. will do enormous good. but tonight he has warning. he says t a.i. stems may be d there's cnce the e kn machines could take over, which made us ask the question. doing?anity kno what it' no. i think a moving period when, f the first time ever, we may hav things more intelligent than us. >> you bve they can understand? >>s. >> believe they are intellig >> believe these systems have experiences of their own and can make decisions based on those experiences? >> in the same sense as people do, yes. >> are they conscious? >> i think they probably don't have much self-awareness at present. so, in that sense, i don't think they're conscious. >> will they have self-awareness? consciousness? >> oh, yes.i think they will in. >> and so haneings will eecond most ielligent be on the planet? >> yeah. >> reporr: geoffrey hinton told us the artificial