AI ‘godfather’ Geoffrey Hinton quits Google and warns over the dangers of the tools he helped to create
Dr Geoffrey Hinton, 75, who carried out pioneering research of neural networks that paved the way for current AI like ChatGPT, said some of the dangers of the technology were ‘quite scary’ - and that he has regrets about his contributions to the field.He imagined a ‘worst-case’ or ‘nightmare’ scenario in which robots could be given the ability to create their own ‘sub goals’ that could include things like: “I need to get more power.
Read more: 'One thousand' animal protesters plan to halt races at Epsom Derby - weeks after causing chaos at the Grand National In the NYT today, Cade Metz implies that I left Google so that I could criticize Google. Actually, I left so that I could talk about the dangers of AI without considering how this impacts Google. Google has acted very responsibly.He also issued caution over the power of AI systems, saying: “ It’s as if you had 10,000 people and whenever one person learned something, everybody automatically knew it. And that’s how these chatbots can know so much more than any one person.
Google’s chief scientist, Jeff Dean said in a statement that Google appreciated Hinton’s contributions to the company over the past decade.“I’ve deeply enjoyed our many conversations over the years. I’ll miss him, and I wish him well! “As one of the first companies to publish AI Principles, we remain committed to a responsible approach to AI.”
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