Safe Automation Isn't Optional
Safe Automation Isn’t Optional Operationalizing Geoffrey Hinton’s “Maternal Instinct” in Autonomous Systems By Ted Strall From Philosophy to Engineering In recent talks, Geoffrey Hinton — one of the pioneers of modern AI — has argued that advanced autonomous systems need something like a maternal instinct: a built-in drive to protect, nurture, and avoid harm. That idea matters because it puts safety at the core of system design, not as an afterthought. Most automation is built to optimize for performance. Hinton’s point is that protection and stability should be part of the architecture from the beginning. ...