AI pioneer quits Google to warn about the technology's 'dangers'
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Source: CNN
Geoffrey Hinton, who has been called the ‘Godfather of AI,’ confirmed Monday that he left his role at Google last week to speak out about the “dangers” of the technology he helped to develop.
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In the interview with the Times, Hinton echoed concerns about AI’s potential to eliminate jobs and create a world where many will “not be able to know what is true anymore.” He also pointed to the stunning pace of advancement, far beyond what he and others had anticipated.
“The idea that this stuff could actually get smarter than people — a few people believed that,” Hinton said in the interview. “But most people thought it was way off. And I thought it was way off. I thought it was 30 to 50 years or even longer away. Obviously, I no longer think that.”
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“I believe that the rapid progress of AI is going to transform society in ways we do not fully understand and not all of the effects are going to be good,” Hinton said in a 2021 commencement address at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in Mumbai. He noted how AI will boost healthcare while also creating opportunities for lethal autonomous weapons. “I find this prospect much more immediate and much more terrifying than the prospect of robots taking over, which I think is a very long way off.”
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/01/tech/geoffrey-hinton-leaves-google-ai-fears/index.html
“…creating opportunities for lethal autonomous weapons.” Just what we need…
ETA: coincidentally, the topic of On Point today is: “Can AI be Regulated?” Fascinating interview: https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/05/01/can-ai-be-regulated
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Stuart Russell, professor of computer science at University of California at Berkeley. His textbook Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach is the leading AI textbook around the world. He co-signed the Future of Life Institute letter titled “Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter."
Peter Stone, professor of computer science and director of robotics at the University of Texas at Austin. Executive director of Sony AI America. He’s the standing committee chair of the 100 year study on AI. He co-signed the Future of Life Institute letter titled “Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter."
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Louis Rosenberg, CEO and Chief Scientist of Unanimous AI.
Laura Grego, senior scientist and the research director of the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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