Computer scientist Jeffrey Hinton, known as the ‘godfather of artificial intelligence’, said it was ‘not inconceivable’ that AI could develop to the point of threatening humanity.
The computer scientist spoke with CBS News this week about his predictions for advances in AI. He likened his AI inventions to electricity and wheels.
Hinton, who works at Google and the University of Toronto, said the development of general-purpose AI is moving faster than people imagine. General-purpose AI is artificial intelligence with several intentional and unintentional purposes, such as speech recognition, question answering, and translation.
“Until very recently, we thought it would be 20 to 50 years before general-purpose AI, but now we think it could be 20 years or less,” Hinton predicts. increase. Asked specifically about the possibility of AI “wiping out the human race,” Hinton said, “I don’t think it’s impossible. That’s all I can say.”
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Jeffrey Hinton, Chief Scientific Advisor, Vector Institute, speaks at the Americas International Economic Forum (IEFA) Toronto Global Forum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Thursday, September 5, 2019. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Artificial general intelligence refers to the latent ability of an intelligent agent to learn any mental task a human can do. It hasn’t been developed yet, and computer scientists are still looking into whether it’s possible.
Hinton said it was plausible that computers would eventually acquire the ability to generate ideas to improve themselves.
“It’s a problem, isn’t it? We have to really think about how to control it,” Hinton said.
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But computer scientists have warned that many of artificial intelligence’s most serious consequences won’t happen anytime soon.
“It’s not going to happen in the next year or two, but I think it’s very reasonable that people are worried about these issues right now,” Hinton said. should think about it.”
Hinton’s comments come as artificial intelligence software continues to grow in popularity. His ChatGPT on OpenAI was recently released artificial intelligence chatbot It shocked users by allowing them to compose songs, create content, and even write code.
The illustration in this photo shows the Google Bard AI logo on a smartphone with the Chat GPT logo in the background. (Photo illustration by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said of the company’s launch earlier this month, “We need to be careful here. I think people should be happy that we’re a little bit scared of this.” .”
