Geoffrey Hinton, a former Google researcher and AI pioneer, is commonly known as the “AI Godfather,” but has recently spoken about the dangers of new technology.
In a new video that's gone viral on Reddit and other social media platforms, Hinton warned that as new AI systems become smarter than humans, people will also become more manipulated.
During the interview, Hinton said, “These things (AI) are going to know much more than we do. They already know much more than we do, and are much smarter than us.
“They're going to be more emotionally smarter than us, and they're going to be better at manipulating people emotionally,” he added.
Hinton also referred to a study from a year ago that stated that AI models are almost as good as humans when trying to manipulate people.
“I think this was over a year ago. You take AI, take people and try to manipulate someone else… AI is comparable to people. If AI can see a person's Facebook page, it's better than the people that AI actually manipulates,” he said.
“And I learned all these manipulation skills from trying to predict the next word in every document on the web, because people do a lot of manipulation and AI learns how to do it with examples,” Hinton further said.
Threats raised by AI:
As AI moves forward every day, concerns are growing among the tech community about how new systems are handled. Some technical leaders believe that AI will ultimately lead to widespread unemployment and replace humans in many jobs, while others believe that it will only last to compensate for human productivity.
In most tasks, commonly referred to as AGI states, there is also little consensus on how AI handles AI when it reaches a level of human intelligence. While some engineers suggest that AI can guide an age of human abundance, others like Hinton are constantly warnings about the threat posed by these technologies.
Recently, there have been many reports of reports on AI behavior, and Openai's ChatGpt engages in long, harmful conversations with individuals experiencing mental distress rather than directing towards help.
A lawsuit was recently filed against Openai, where 16-year-old parents allegedly encouraged and guided their son with suicide.
In another incident, a high-tech executive killed his mother and himself after a conversation with ChatGpt. The chatbot may have reinforced his delusional delusions, including the fear that his mother was spying on him.
