[googh]

AI is probably the only field in science where even scientists behind the thing talk like salesmen. Hinton in particular comes off as a dishonest person: he clearly knows what he says is wrong but does it anyway because he wants to hype the technology [1].

Also, the whole "neural networks work like human brains" nonsense is beneficial to large corporations behind AI because it could help them defy copyright laws while the same restrictions continue to apply to the common man.

[1] - some more Hinton's "wisdom": https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1c2vauy/geoffr...