"Godfather of artificial intelligence" leaves Google to talk about the tech's potential dangers

The man known as the "godfather of artificial intelligence" quit his job at Google so he could freely speak about the dangers of AI, the New York Times reported Monday.  

Geoffrey Hinton, who worked with Google and mentors AI's rising stars, started looking at artificial intelligence more than 40 years ago, he told "CBS Mornings" in late March. He started working for the company in 2013, according to his Google Research profile. While at Google, he designed machine learning algorithms.

"I left so that I could talk about the dangers of AI without considering how this impacts Google," Hinton tweeted Monday. "Google has acted very responsibly."