Hinton, an ex-Googler, told the NYT he worried about the impact of future versions of the tech.

Musk recently signed an open letter calling for a six-month pause on advanced AI development.

Elon Musk has weighed in on comments about the dangers of advanced AI by Geoffrey Hinton, who is nicknamed the "Godfather of AI."

"Hinton knows what he's talking about," Musk tweeted in response to a Breitbart article on the subject. 

Hinton, who formerly worked at Google, recently gave an interview to The New York Times where he discussed his concerns that future versions of the technology could harm humanity. He told the publication he worried the technology could lead to the dissemination of fake information, among other problems.