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TORONTO, Canada — Jeffrey Hinton, one of the so-called “godfathers” of artificial intelligence, has called for governments to step in and stop machines from ruling society.
Hinton made headlines in May, shortly after the release of ChatGPT captured the world’s imagination, by announcing that he would be leaving after ten years at Google to speak more freely about the dangers of AI.
A highly respected AI scientist based at the University of Toronto was speaking to a packed audience at a collision technology conference in a Canadian city.
The conference brought together more than 30,000 startup founders, investors, and tech industry workers, most of whom did not hear lessons about the dangers of AI and calls for government intervention. I was trying to learn how to ride a wave.
“Before AI gets smarter than us, I think the people building it should be encouraged to put in a lot of effort to understand how it tries to take control. ‘, said Hinton.
“Right now there are 99 very smart people trying to make the AI better, and 1 very smart person trying to find a way to stop the AI takeover. Perhaps you guys need more balance. They want to take it,” he said.
Hinton warned that the risks of AI should be taken seriously.
“I think it’s important for people to understand that this isn’t science fiction and it’s not just horror-mongering,” he insisted. “This is a real risk that we have to think about and think about in advance how to deal with it.”
Hinton also expressed concern that AI would deepen inequality, as the significant productivity gains from AI adoption would benefit the wealthy rather than the workers.
“Wealth does not go to those who work. It is used to make the rich richer, instead of making the poor richer, it is a very bad society,” he added.
He also pointed out the dangers of “fake news” created by ChatGPT-style bots, noting that AI-generated content would be marked in a manner similar to how central banks watermark cash. said he wanted.
“For example, it’s very important that we try to mark everything that’s fake as fake. I don’t know if that’s technically possible,” he said.
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