Geoffrey Hinton ✓

@geoffreyhinton · joined 12 Jan 2019

deep learning

656 962Followers

28Following

158Posts total

2MViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Geoffrey Hinton ✓@geoffreyhinton8 Aug

I am finishing a book with @patchenbarss that gives a non-technical explanation of how AI works and explains why it is dangerous and what we should do about it. @VikingBooks @VikingBooksUK https://t.co/VKBk5bzqYg 290.4K views · 2.4K likes · 444 reposts · 225 replies Open on X →

Geoffrey Hinton ✓@geoffreyhinton29 Jun

@geoffreyhinton @RichardSocher Adam is *awesome* 2.2K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Geoffrey Hinton ✓@geoffreyhinton29 Jun

@geoffreyhinton Thanks for the endorsement @geoffreyhinton! 5.9K views · 42 likes · 0 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Geoffrey Hinton ✓@geoffreyhinton28 Jun

I just watched an amazingly good lecture by Adam Brown about the future impact of AI on physics https://t.co/EjiKpoiKZr 508.9K views · 2.2K likes · 433 reposts · 126 replies Open on X →

Geoffrey Hinton ✓@geoffreyhinton1 May

I just had my first ride with HOVR, a Canadian alternative to Uber. They are cheaper and pay their drivers more. They already have over 3000 drivers in the Greater Toronto Area. You can download HOVR in App Store and Google Play using this link 📷 https://t.co/2hYMXAWGw6 143.5K views · 664 likes · 155 reposts · 93 replies Open on X →

Geoffrey Hinton ✓@geoffreyhinton27 Feb

Our lying Ontario premier has just stolen $50 from every single person in Ontario. The estimated cost of repairing our beloved Science Center was 200 million dollars. The firm that made the estimate was told to multiply it by 1.85 to make it bigger. We were then told it would be 299.6K views · 3.1K likes · 622 reposts · 139 replies Open on X →

Geoffrey Hinton ✓@geoffreyhinton5 Feb

This is a great report that provides a thoughtful, detailed and very well researched description of the risks of AI. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to write or talk about AI risks. 260.1K views · 1.3K likes · 331 reposts · 129 replies Open on X →

Geoffrey Hinton ✓@geoffreyhinton3 Feb

Today we’re releasing the International AI Safety Report 2026: the most comprehensive evidence-based assessment of AI capabilities, emerging risks, and safety measures to date. 🧵 (1/17) https://t.co/qoe6JafRqf

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531K views · 1.2K likes · 372 reposts · 67 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

1 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views290 394this account5 983median for 100K–1M

Reach, %44.20%this account1.49%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %1.07%this account0.93%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	290 394	5 983	48.5×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	44.20%	1.49%	29.7×
Engagement rate	1.07%	0.93%	1.15×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

531K3 Feb

260.1K5 Feb

299.6K27 Feb

143.5K1 May

508.9K28 Jun

5.9K29 Jun

2.2K

290.4K8 Aug

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.32%3 Feb

0.71%5 Feb

1.31%27 Feb

0.65%1 May

0.55%28 Jun

0.80%29 Jun

0.14%

1.07%8 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 0.93%.

What the audience does

Likes55.5%10 924 in total

Reposts12.0%2 357 in total

Replies4.0%784 in total

Quotes1.3%260 in total

Bookmarks27.2%5 364 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.