Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk AI reacts to old “Godfather” video Geoffrey Hinton Artificial intelligence passes the Turing test.
what happenedOn Tuesday, Musk responded to a post highlighting Hinton's claim that an AI has passed the Turing test if it can explain why a joke is funny. Musk simply said, “He's right.”
In the video, Hinton explained the “Turing test” for AI and how it influenced his opinion on AI catastrophe. According to Hinton, AI will become truly intelligent when it can explain jokes. He said that chatbots like PaLM are Google or GPT4 Open AI Even if you can't tell a joke and your punch line is “weak,” you can still explain why the joke is funny.
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The endorsement follows Musk's previous praise of Hinton. In June, Musk published an excerpt from an interview with Hinton in which he praised him as one of the smartest people in the world when it comes to AI. Hinton, often referred to as the “godfather of AI,” has been vocal about the potential threat of AI surpassing human intelligence.
Why is this important?Hinton's predictions about AI have been a hot topic in the tech industry. He has warned about the rise of AI and its potential impact on the job market. His recent claim that AI will pass the Turing test marks a major milestone in AI's development, showing that AI can now understand and explain humor, a complex human trait.
In a previous interview, Hinton estimated there's a 50% chance that AI will be smarter than humans within the next 20 years, a view Musk echoed the tech giant's prediction, highlighting the rapid advances being made in AI and the potential challenges and opportunities it brings.
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