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Geoffrey Hinton

British-Canadian computer scientist

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A pioneer of neural networks who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics and left Google to warn about the dangers of advanced artificial intelligence.

Geoffrey Hinton sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and slightly libertarian. The clearest positions are leaning globalist on nation, leaning institutional on institutions and leaning progressive on culture. The profile is close to the middle on interventionism.

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Where Geoffrey Hinton sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Geoffrey Hinton

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People furthest from Geoffrey Hinton

Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 194313%Donald Trump US President, 2017 to 2021 and 2025 to present13%Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil, 2019 to 202213%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)15%

Political views closest to Geoffrey Hinton

Social democracyKeeps a market economy but adds strong public services, unions and progressive taxes to…98%Market socialismCombines worker or public ownership of firms with markets and competition.97%Civic republicanismValues citizen participation, civic virtue and freedom from domination, and often…96%LabourismDraws on trade unions and working-class communities to win better wages, rights and…96%

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