Who is Geoffrey Hinton, The Godfather of AI?

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics has been jointly awarded to Professor Geoffrey Hinton and Professor John Hopfield for breakthroughs on machine learning and their pioneering work on artificial neural networks. In May last year, Hinton quit Google to speak freely about the risks of commercial AI use. His concerns included AI being able to create fake content and its potential to upend the job market. One of his biggest fears is that AI will become uncontrollable in the long run. Who is Geoffrey Hinton, the godfather of AI?