Jeffrey Hinton, head of research at Google Brain and Turing Award winner, shared his concerns. Credit: JULIAN SIMMONDS
A British computer scientist known as the “Godfather of AI” has quit Google and expressed regret over some parts of his life's work as he fears the development of artificial intelligence could lead to the creation of killer robots. who will be smarter than people.
Geoffrey Hinton, 75, head of research at Google Brain and Turing Award winner, expressed concern about the possible end results of his groundbreaking work.
He said: “It's hard to see how you can stop bad actors from using it for bad purposes.
“The idea that this material could actually become smarter than humans was something that few believed. But most thought it was far away. And I thought it was far. I thought it would be in 30-50 years or even more. Obviously I don't think so anymore.”
Geoffrey Hinton says he feels some regret about his work in tech artificial intelligence. Julian Simmonds for The Telegraph
This was the latest in a series of loud warnings about the dangers of AI job takeovers and the potential for misinformation to be spread through chatbots like ChatGPT.
Last month, Sir Jeremy Fleming, director of GCHQ, a UK listening post, privately warned the cabinet of the disruptive potential of chatbots.
Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google, recently admitted that the rapid pace of AI development keeps him awake at night and said that deploying it incorrectly could be “very harmful”.
In an open letter in March, Elon Musk and other technology leaders called for a six-month pause in AI research.
Mr Musk warned that it was out of control and that “AI is stressing me out.”
A total of 19 current and former leaders of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, an academic society, also warned about it. danger.
Mr. Hinton studied experimental psychology at King's College, Cambridge, followed by a PhD in AI from the University of Edinburgh in 1978 and joined Google in March 2013.
In 2018, he and his two colleagues received the Turing Award. An award known as the “Nobel Prize in Computing” for research in the field of neural networks.
The recent controversy surrounding ChatGPT, developed by the American company OpenAI, has inspired other tech giants including Microsoft, Google and Baidu. to develop your own versions.
Hinton said he fears people “will no longer be able to know what's true” as they are inundated with fake videos and photos online.
He said the chatbots that were meant to help in “routine work”, can take away entire jobs.
The scientist has long opposed the use of AI for military purposes, including the creation of “robot soldiers”.
He told The New York Times: “Look how it was five years ago and how it is now. Take the difference and spread it forward. It's scary.
“Perhaps what happens in these systems is actually much better than what happens in the brain.”
He added: “I don't think they should extend it until until they figure out if they can control it.
“I console myself with the usual excuse: if I didn't do it, someone else would.”
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In 2017, Hinton told The Telegraph that he had signed a petition warning of the dangers of deadly autonomous weapons, so-called “killer robots.”
He also wrote to the Department of Defense to express his concern.
He told The Telegraph: “The answer was that there was no need to do anything about it right now, because the technology is still far away, and in any case it can be very useful. But they certainly have the capacity to do so.”
Google Chief Scientist Jeff Dean said in a statement: “We remain committed to responsible AI.
“We are constantly we learn to understand emerging risks, and also boldly implement innovations.”
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