Geoffrey Hinton, known as the 'godfather of AI,' emphasizes the importance of contrarian thinking for innovation. In a CBS interview, he advises aspiring researchers to challenge the status quo by looking for inefficiencies and believing others might be wrong. Hinton, a 2024 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, acknowledges that pursuing unconventional ideas often leads to breakthroughsâeven if many attempts do not succeed. He attributes his contrarian perspective to both nature and nurture, citing the influence of his father as a role model.
"You have to have a deep belief that everybody else could be doing things wrong, and you could figure out how to do them right," Hinton said in a recent interview with CBS. "And most people don't believe that about themselves."
"You should look for something where you figure out everybody's doing it wrong and you think there's a different way of doing it," Hinton said. "And you should pursue that until you understand why you're wrong. But just occasionally, that's how you get good new ideas."
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