The Financial Post reports in its Monday edition that Geoffrey Hinton, often called the godfather of artificial intelligence, stated he does not regret his foundational work in AI but wishes he had considered safety sooner. A Canadian Press dispatch to the Post reports that Mr. Hinton clarified that he feels no guilty regret, as he did not act improperly at the time. He says: "In the same circumstances, I would do the same again. However, I think it might have been unfortunate in that we're going to get superintelligence faster than I thought, and I wish I'd thought about safety earlier." Superintelligence may exceed even the smartest humans, with Mr. Hinton suggesting it could emerge in the next five to 20 years, raising concerns about how to maintain control. Mr. Hinton made his prediction during a news conference in Stockholm, where he is due to receive the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday. Mr. Hinton left a job at Google last year to speak more freely about the technology's dangers, which he has said could include job losses, bias and discrimination, echo chambers, fake news, battle robots and even the end of humanity. On Saturday, he said he considers lethal autonomous weapons to be a short-term danger.