Two years after his last chat, Geoffrey Hinton, the ‘godfather of AI,’ warned Brook Silva-Braga that AI’s pace exceeds expectations, with AGI possibly arriving in under ten years. He envisions AI revolutionizing healthcare with superior diagnostics and education with personalized tutors, yet fears job losses and a 10-20% takeover risk. This sobering discussion urges proactive regulation to navigate this pivotal era.

Sam Altman’s announcement of GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 signals OpenAI’s shift from brute force to a unified AI. While GPT-4.5, codenamed Orion, boosts conversational fluidity, GPT-5 promises advanced reasoning and multimodal integration—text, images, audio—via a ‘mixture of experts’ approach. With a $500 million training cost and delays, this leap toward ‘Magic Unified Intelligence’ could redefine AI, blending seamless interaction with proactive task execution.