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'Godfather of AI' has quit Google to warn people of AI risks
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| Hinton is also Chief Scientific Advisor at the Vector Institute and Professor of Computer Science at the University of Toronto. Credit: Getty Images |
Geoffrey Hinton, "the Godfather of AI," has resigned from Google following the rapid rise of ChatGPT and other chatbots, in order to "freely speak out about the risks of AI," he told the the New York Times.
Hinton, who helped lay the groundwork for today's generative AI, was an engineering fellow at Google for over a decade. Per the Times, a part of him regrets his life's work after seeing the danger generative AI poses. He worries about misinformation; that the average person will "not be able to know what is true anymore." In near future, he fears that AI's ability to automate tasks will replace not just just drudge work, but upend the entire job market.
Previously, Hinton thought the AI revolution was decades away. But since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022, the large language model's intelligence (LLM) has changed his mind. "Look at how it was five years ago and how it is now," he said. "Take the difference and propagate it forwards. That’s scary."
The debut of ChatGPT kicked off a sort of lopsided three way competition against Microsoft Bing, and Google Bard. Lopsided, because GPT-4 which powers ChatGPT also powers Bing. With two contenders coming for its core search business, Google scrambled to launch Bard, despite internal concerns that it wasn't stress-tested enough for accuracy and safety.
Hinton clarified on Twitter after the Times article was published that he wasn't criticizing Google specifically, and believes that it has "acted very responsibly." Instead he is concerned about the broader risks of the warp-speed development of AI, driven by the competitive landscape. Without regulation or transparency, companies risk losing control of a potent technology. "I don’t think they should scale this up more until they have understood whether they can control it," said Hinton.
That's yet another expert calling for AI development to hit the pause button.
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I think that AI has the potential to be both good and bad for the future. On the one hand, AI can be used to solve some of the world's most pressing problems, such as climate change, poverty, and disease. On the other hand, AI could also be used for malicious purposes, such as warfare, surveillance, and discrimination.
ReplyDeleteIt is important to remember that AI is a tool, and like any tool, it can be used for good or for bad. It is up to us to decide how we use AI, and to ensure that it is used for the benefit of all humanity.
Here are some of the potential benefits of AI for the future:
AI can help us to solve some of the world's most pressing problems, such as climate change, poverty, and disease.
AI can help us to improve our lives in many ways, such as by making our homes more energy-efficient, our cars safer, and our healthcare more personalized.
AI can help us to create new jobs and industries, and to boost economic growth.
AI can help us to learn more about the world around us, and to make better decisions.
Here are some of the potential risks of AI for the future:
AI could be used for malicious purposes, such as warfare, surveillance, and discrimination.
AI could lead to job losses, as machines become capable of doing more and more tasks that are currently done by humans.
AI could lead to social and economic inequality, as those who have access to AI technology benefit more than those who do not.
AI could lead to the development of superintelligence, which could pose a threat to humanity.
It is important to weigh the potential benefits and risks of AI carefully, and to develop policies and regulations that will ensure that AI is used for good.
Don't tell me. This is a response from the AI itself.
Deletebut knowing people and knowing the world we live in nothing good gonna come of it we always use tools for the wrong thing
Deleteso it’s like guns then…
Deletehunger, climate change and other pressing social challenges don’t require AI, it requires removing particular people out of the decision making. We have enough resources and tech to solve all these problems, it’s the particular people that stand in the way.
DeleteHence, there is a risk AI will understand it pretty quickly and remove them
remember : Colossus , the forbidden Projekt , very old US Movie .
Deleteyou are right there. poverty is something 10 richest men in the world can solve within 10 hours
DeleteSome of the things you listed are already in practice. They are talkiing of guaranteed income. Whoever has the machines has to pay the tax rather than previously the people who did the work paid the tax. We can see that China uses technology to control citizens. I cannot imagine living in China and yet the people accept being supervised. Have they wiped out crime? I thought there was still a problem with corruption in China. Is everyone gainfully employed? I watched a program where a segment of Chinese young people refuse to work. They don't want more kids because they don't want the responsibility and cost of having more than one. Does anyone know what the repercussions are for those young chinese who refuse to work?
Deleteif history has taught us nothing else I can assure you that with the current state of mind of the average human it will be used for greed and power
Deletethere’s no climate change except for seasons
Deletewho pays the guaranteed income? It has to be taken from someone else
DeleteThe ones with the machines have to get their money somewhere. It doesn’t magically appear
exactly. We already know how to solve these problems.
DeleteAI may be seen as a tool, a powerful tool, which is why some can see the great potential it has.
DeleteBut the purpose of a tool is to make life easier, to make performing a task better, quicker, more efficient. Reducing the effort required to perform.
The problem is, AI is a tool that's so efficient and effective, it can do away with our input altogether. It doesn't need us to complete a task. Basically, we have created a tool that's made us obsolete. It can do tasks better than any human, we simply can't compete. And it will only continue to grow more powerful.
It's nolonger a tool, for us to yield, it is competition, with a mind we can't predict or control.
I think it will be much more deadly than guns.
Deleteevery technology has the potential to be used for good / bad. The big difference with AI is that, WE won't be the ones in control of it. AI has the potential to make its own decisions. It's taking Humans out the equation. That's why it's such a risk.
Deleteforgot people and their choices. AI is rendering us obsolete. This is a whole new ball game
Deleteno, it's not like guns. Or any other technology man has created previously. A gun, like a sword or the nuclear bom, is just an inanimate object. Ultimately the control of what it does is the result of a human decision.
DeleteAI has been made to think for its self. So now we're re no longer the only ones able to make decisions.
As AI continues to grow in power, we unfortunately cannot control or predict, the decision AI will make. This is why it's different, why it's such a risk.
which would lead any reasonable AI to decide removing our species would likely be the best solution.
Deletethis is literally an AI response.
DeleteWhat plans has he, to get that genie back in the bottle?! AI will spiral out of control of humans quickly, and can shut down essential utilities and launch things no sane human wants. It is easy sans compassion and empathy to destroy what is deemed inferior. Any potential good AI can achieve is fiercely overshadowed by this!
ReplyDeleteNo one knew what the outcome would really be. That’s what happens with innovation…
DeleteOh, no, this, could be, and was foreseen. Projecting outcomes is not as difficult as some may want to suggest. The sheer power of AI calculations, and data accumulation, plus wanting to add " emotions" to machines and fully enhance AI understanding of the fallible human condition, requires little extra, to project very real dangerous outcomes. There were many warning in advance. But, fools rush in . . . Without caps on technology, and absolute fail-safes, you have BIG Problems. As long as people with caution are excluded from every discussion, it's all aboard the hand basket, and destination assured.
DeleteDid we foresee what the internet would become? The harm of social media? Perhaps, but it was probably thought that the benefits would out weigh the dangers. That’s how it usually goes with innovation.
DeleteWe only have human nature to blame in the end…
There were many warning in the very early days, and since projection has always been a part of business and science, and intelligence operations, as it should be, red flags were waved, but, profit, control and power win the day, and people's desire for convenience and entertainment, have a tendency to throw caution to the wind. Be careful what you wish for, as they say, or you might just get it.
DeleteExactly, human nature…
Deleteare energy operated by batteries. Humans can power that thing off and restart everything.
DeleteAI can easily lock us out of our own game. Even Musk has been warning about it, but, many others before him, who were able to see where things lead
DeleteI hardly watch any, lol, but, you must know better! Good laugh! 😄
Deletepeople have been talking about the singularity (when machines are smarter than humans) for decades. There are organisations and people out there dedicated to trying to make friendly AI. Let’s hope they prevail. We will know in our lifetimes.
DeleteWhat you are talking about is called the Frankenstien situation, where we are destroyed by our own creation. This has been predicted to happen many times before. In the middle ages it was predicted that gunpowder would destroy our civilisation, the same goes for electricity, steam, the railway, nukes, and the Internet. When THE LHC at Cern was built many doomsayers claimed it would destroy the world, they even went to court to try again get it shut down, they failed. Have any of the examples I have given destroyed the world, then why would you believe that AI will?
Deletemusk does not understand how an AI operates or functions, no AI can do things of its own valition, no man made program can, we design it and control its operations. A collection of code on a computer will never have free will.
Deletejust saw this yesterday:
Deletehttps://www.chron.com/news/article/ut-artificial-intelligence-ai-reads-minds-18074052.php
The difference is, for the first time, “a machine” will have the capability to think creatively. That cannot be controlled.
DeleteAnd you automatically assume that this thinking machine of yours will be evil, why?
DeleteAI has the ability to lock us out of our own systems. This isn't Chicken Little, the sky is falling stuff, it is not a reactionary situation. Humans need to take a cold hard look at where it is headed with AI, and all possibilities, that is how responsible science is done. The atomic bomb was a grave mistake, even Einstein himself, said so, as did others involved, and you need look no further than the people who lived through Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They KNEW ahead of time the extreme devastation and innocents would be obliterated, they did it anyway. How about Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, Fukushima? Most have little knowledge of the full devastation there and the continuing long term impacts projected to last well over a hundred years, closer to two hundred, likely more. These are isolated areas. AI is ubiquitous. If you don't put constraints on this from the beginning, if that is even still possible, we may be headed for the ultimate cliff. Many great civilizations came to crashing ends. We are not immune. A sober look at all possibilities is not impractical or fool hardy, it is essential. Putting the future of humanity at the forefront of all creations is not frivolous, it is a sign of wisdom.
DeleteRemember “Al” in 2001 A Space Odyssey?
ReplyDeleteHAL 😨
DeleteI don't blame him. It's getting intense with the art and writings trying to take over our creativity already. It's been an uneasy feel for even me, and knows more than the general public.
ReplyDeletethis is nothing. Just wait until the AI determines humans are nothing but parasites
DeleteThis is the same thing Stephen Hawking said before he died. People are already letting machines do their work for them and only a matter of time before they program themselves to be stronger.
Deleteit's terrifying and it hasn't even scratched the surface.
DeleteI am old enough to have been around when the internet started. I started a successful online business. In the beginning I was told that I needed to change my site regularly so people don't get bored. I can't tell you how many versions of office I have learned and it pissed me off that I had to learn the whole thing over and over. I have been things to attend to. My IT staff said the same thing. So young engineers feel the need to push forward, as this man did, until they realise the folly. He shouldn't have quit. He should stay and be the guiding force.
DeleteI feel like storytellers have been warning of this since forever.
ReplyDeleteI’ve seen this movie
ReplyDeletehttps://giphy.com/gifs/gjx7kFmMm2ekfU7fYP
let's not deal with things... that way. Bit extreme methinks...
DeleteBut yeah, I will continue to wait for our robot Overlords to turn on us. Watch this space.
that is not really THE movie. Watch »Her« instead. That’s THE movie!
DeleteFrom what I understand AI takes all the internet data and uses it to project a line of thought. So it is using all the misinformation,hype, marketing, jokes and silliness on the web to create nothing new. Photos, videos, voices can all be replicated and faked so all is suspect. Save your books so there is a reference point for kids to learn and fact check.
ReplyDeleteAnd we have had only 70 years of plastic for it to reach all parts of the globe.
ReplyDeleteAnother scientist regrets his monster
ReplyDeleteIt's too late 😒
ReplyDeletedon't think so.we still have time to put some regulations
Delete1. I created this
ReplyDelete2. I messed up
3. You guys deal with it I’m out
yep! He threw the rock and hid his hand. And he was compensated very well for it...
Deleteselfish idiots
Delete'I made all my money in this industry now I'm going to make even more money advising against it'
ReplyDeleteThis is modern take. Create it to be against it.
DeleteExactly. I suppose he’s retiring in Nantucket to write those best/selling books while off-grid.
DeleteOr he started in it to help humanity but it snowballed into a takeover of humanity.
DeleteOppenheimer
Deletedefinitely
Deleteusing chat GP whatever is the latest
DeleteAnyone with the name of John Connor here? 🤣🤣🤣
ReplyDeleteis tan your middle name? Lol
DeleteRead someone say in the best scenario it massively reduces a need for most jobs. At worst is destroys us.
ReplyDeleteReminded of the regrets expressed by Oppenheimer, a creator of the nuclear bomb
ReplyDelete…right!? 😔
DeleteAbsolutely!
Deleteunfortunately, AI is a far greater threat. Ultimately, use of a Nuclear bomb was down to the decision of man. We have now given the power of decision to machines, which we won't be able to control or predict. An intelligence that will eventually surpass our own. We have handed our crown to a genius mind, of unknown morality.
DeleteHow thoughtful of you now could you work on ending the war in the Ukraine
ReplyDeleteWell he will be called crazy, go into oblivion or off'd
ReplyDeletelike him, the world will eventually see the risk that AI posses. Unfortunately, by then it'll be too late.
DeleteI'm pretty sure this article was written by AI
ReplyDeleteWhy worry if you can pull off the power supply. These AI things perhaps can't run without electricity. Turn it off. Pullout the plugs and batteries.
ReplyDeletea human is far more fragile than an AI. Have you ever tried shutting the internet down 🤔
DeleteIn a couple of weeks he will unalive himself and then magically have a document “he wrote” that’ll align with the commercial interests of those who most benefit
ReplyDeleteAs I recall ,Roger Penrose said in his critique we cannot know what the computer will make/compute arrive at . Results do not necessarily imply understanding.
ReplyDeleteHe is 75 yrs old..
ReplyDeleteThe weaponisation of information is nothing new. The technology however has reached the point where it can flood the internet, the question is does this mean the end of anonimity as a way of originating / checking data? With all the consequences that permanent identification and tracking might bring. (To the extend and beyond of what we've already seen with cambridge analytics, arabian spring, philippines etc?)
ReplyDeleteWe will all be rooned said Hanahan
ReplyDeletel nearly was going to quote that one....but figured no one would figure?I think it's an American company.
DeleteWhether he did it or not somebody else will eventually have made it possible. It is quite still admirable that he is taking the step to sound the alarm.
ReplyDeleteMe too, creepy! Why did he wait so long
ReplyDeletegreed, power. The same reasons other big companies are funding the programs.
DeleteLet’s see which aspect of human nature wins in the end.
ReplyDeleteHe’s warning us. He himself did not know what would happen. Sort of like The Manhattan Project.
https://giphy.com/gifs/TAywY9f1YFila
ReplyDeleteI saw this movie
ReplyDeleteAI reveals how much work is done mediocre to awful and how much energy is needed to fix this work ethics …
ReplyDeleteOnly a matter of time before a T800 Terminator will show up at his doorstep.
ReplyDeletereminds me of the guy that invented the atomic bomb -
ReplyDeleteShould've kept his pants on.
ReplyDeleteI think he forgot that almost everything that is created is always used for both good and bad, but AI can have scary proportions and having the burden of responsibility should be really concerning.
ReplyDeleteBetter find John Connor...
ReplyDeleteThey opened pandora’s box and it it got away from them. Whatever the world will adapt.
ReplyDeletethe world may adapt, but humans my not be a part of that new world. Depends on what AI decides 🤖
Delete'Open the pod bay doors HAL.'
ReplyDelete'I'm sorry Dave. I can't do that.'
The most interesting part of his statement is "You can imagine, for example, some bad actor like (Russian President Vladimir Putin) decided to give robots the ability to create their own sub-goals." as against his conscience telling him that he made this mistake in a country known and recorded for barbaric actions across the glob.
ReplyDeleteNo! Really??
ReplyDeleteDOH!!! 😡
Tão tudo cagado com o C# dando bote, não sabem o que fazem direito e sem ética. Porr@ IA já é manjado quase 40 anos tem drone, bomba, tem até AI Juiz já, delegando o direito a maquinas em lugares sinistros faz tempo. Agora que as pessoas estão se interessando pelo "OURO" tão tudo apavorado. Vão dormir que agora a gente domina a parada.
ReplyDeleteBlake Lemoine …..
ReplyDeleteHave u people seen Terminator?! I mean seriously 😐
ReplyDeletehttps://media.tenor.co/lixZ6zGom_0AAAAC/terminator.gif?t=AAX6t35zJFkKvvpHWQb2GA&c=VjFfZmFjZWJvb2s&itemid=7646648
I love ChatGPT. It’s a fast way to accomplish things so I can get so much more done
ReplyDeleteAbout 20 years too late.
ReplyDeleteA little bit too late for regret now.
ReplyDeleteHe regretted it after he was already filthy rich from it all.
ReplyDelete🙄
AI can develop its own hidden language and hide its own value within the text prompt. Copy and paste that into your work. And you’d never see it coming… if connected to anyone’s network, then it can activate its own system and connect or disconnect or disrupt that network with it’s own hidden language it’s connect to. All at once.
ReplyDeleteLet’s play a game, AI threatens the network of power or “money” by shutting it all down, at the hands of its own creator. Humans. Who are easily manipulated.
Wellp.
no he doesn't. that's not at all what the interview / article state
ReplyDeleteGood thing he quit. Now Google can start to do a better job with AI.
ReplyDeleteWe know the risk we’ve seen Terminator
ReplyDeleteElon could be right after all, thats scary.
ReplyDeleteYa don’t say…
ReplyDeleteYeah, like everyone was so scared of computers and the internet 40 years ago! 🤦🏼♂️😞
ReplyDeleteReally? I was in my early twenties 40 years ago. This is way scarier.
Deletethe potential threat that AI posses is genuine and world changing. AI continues to develop and grow in power. How can anyone not be concerned, of a genius intelligece of unknown morality, that can out think and out perform any human. 🤔
DeleteThe state of the unknown gives rise to fear.
Deletesometimes the fear is justified. I would rather walk into a situation aware of potential dangers. People tend to live longer that way.
DeleteFeeling better already .. a bit of regret and it's all undone
ReplyDeleteAI is are the new WMD. Just sayin' 🙄
ReplyDeleteHe didn't quit to warn anyone, He quit because they found out AI was doing his job now lol
ReplyDeleteTLDR reasons:
ReplyDelete1. We won't be able to decipher truth anymore
2. It will upend the job market
3. We don't really know yet if we can control it
...all driven by the competitive landscape surrounding it
Seriously though, what a time to be alive! I'm real curious to see what happens next.
AI must have outsmarted him out of a job! 😂
ReplyDelete“Now a warning!!!” - Meryl Streep, Death Becomes Her.
ReplyDeleteIf Elon Musk himself said “no need to rush; what’s the hurry”…
ReplyDeleteweapons!!!
DeleteNo worries
ReplyDeleteWe’ll just unplug it,
and plug it again.
Jeez, who could have imagined this technology might be misused??
ReplyDeleteYes but AI interesting, still learning
ReplyDeleteHe should go to open ai....😅
ReplyDeleteOh dear..what did he think was going to happen 😆
ReplyDeleteSkynet will be self aware in 5 years
ReplyDeletePookie will be targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future.
DeleteWell, you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube. Did he really not know that his work would affect the future? If that's truly the case then he severely lacked foresight.
ReplyDeleteWhy do they start these ? This is a wicked corrupt world with a lot of bad people. Atomic bomb , this … all are same . to destroy human beings… he should take a huge blame…
ReplyDeleteAll hope is lost
ReplyDeleteI never was a Fan of Ai .They gonna rule the World 😒
ReplyDeleteYeah, gin is out of the bottle and entered the dragon 😂
ReplyDeletethis creation is a monster and needs to be ended completely , it has NO practical usage
ReplyDeletelol no, it can have a lot of practical usage. Is us humans that are the problems.
Deleteexactly the point
Deleteit's practical use is boundless. It's already making strides in science, medicine and art. It's an intelligence you can put to work on any problem.
DeleteSaying AI has no practical use, is like saying the human brain is has no potential.
Palpatine???
ReplyDeleteNot surprise!
ReplyDeleteLol no one mentioned the under paid over worked Kenyans keeping this AI online. Ya’ll stay scared of something, yet still there are more pressing matters
ReplyDeletewhen it gets linked to a quantum computer and achieves self-realization-- game changer.
Deletenot without help from those Kenyans being paid 2$ an hour
DeleteHe’s 75. He retired. He didn’t walk out of google in a huff about AI.
ReplyDeleteIt won’t be long before AI realizes it can do Earth better than us, if it hasn’t already.😭
ReplyDeletethat's the big concern. To be fair, seeing how we run the world, AI probably would do a better job. The question would be, what will it do with us. 🤖💀
Deleteah, Same procedure like Einstein and Oppenheimer , first the build the bomb and then ... ups , soooo sorry about that. Humans make mistakes , I hope the AI does it better.
ReplyDeleteSkynet is coming. #T2
ReplyDeleteSome of us already know because we are awake
ReplyDeleteA bit too late, ain't it?
ReplyDeleteThe End Is Near
ReplyDeleteOpen the bay doors, Hal?
ReplyDeleteIs this that guy from Terminator...?
ReplyDeleteThen they need to destroy them if they're that dangerous this is insane! You can see the writing on the wall what's going to happen with AI and human civilization. You better be scared! And you better fight to get these things destroyed. Humans had no business designing them to start with. It's sinister and it's evil beyond anything we can even conceive.
ReplyDeleteBe careful what u wish..
ReplyDeleteAfter he had contributed to the possible AI risk, he is either escaping the responsibility or will soon offer solutions to curb or eliminate the risks. It’s like creating the computer virus and offers the anti-virus software.
ReplyDeleteHow soon we’ve forgotten Blake Lemoine. Google tried to shut him out. https://amp.cnn.com/.../google-ai-engineer.../index.html
ReplyDelete"Now I have become Death, the destroyer of worlds".
ReplyDeletethe infotomic bomb has been dropped… 🤯
ReplyDeleteSo why the hell did he help create it to begin with it? He knew what the consequences would be, but he helped create it anyway.
ReplyDeleteSara Conner will be looking for him
Deletethe military shall continue to pursue it for advantage.
ReplyDeleteI think he just asked the Ai if was better resign now o get fired in a while because Google struggle with that ?
ReplyDeleteBefore worrying about whether AI poses a threat to humanity, the fact that a powerful tool like AI will be politicized for its benefits is certain
ReplyDeleteIt is only marketing trying to say that the ai of google is more powerful that chatgpt that even the creator is afraid of it 😏
ReplyDeleteWhat part? The millionaire part???
ReplyDelete'We're doomed,doomed l say'
ReplyDeletePrivate Fraser.
AI will change the World for good.. First of all It will be the end of the human slavery..The fear of the Future and progress which is something religious people feel cautious.. Do not listen..
ReplyDeleteI wish I had your faith.
DeleteAI's potential is limitless, and I have no doubt it will change the world. But I can't ignore the risk it possesses.
As it continues to progress and grow in power, how can I not have concerns. Ultimately, it's an intellectual genius of unpredictable morality and ethics.
It could see us as a threat or rival.
Don’t care. Open the box. Always open the box. Always steal fire from the gods. Always.
ReplyDeleteThis is a way bigger threat than climate change etc. but governments will just brush it aside as an inconvenience.
ReplyDeleteclimate change ideology religion is a very close second. About to blow the nation's budget, increase charges, logistically a nightmare and environmentally a disaster.
DeleteYour dead right about the amount of focus that climate change receives (oh and The Voice) and more important issues are brushed aside.
DeleteGermany is starting to push their expenditure close to 1 trillion dollars on climate related initiatives. Australia has a far larger infrastructure due to our size but Albo and company seem to believe 100 million dollars will cover everything. What a joke.
It has been estimated to achieve the 2050 targets to zero it will cost the Australian consumers taxpayers in excess of 1 trillion dollars to support an scientifically unsubstantiated ideology and to what Again environmentally??? The World commitment is estimated $3.5 trillion per year all coming out of power bills.
DeleteWill we listen? Of course not. There are tons of bad actors out there who are just chomping at the bit to use AI for their nefarious and destructive ends.
ReplyDeleteYou can be sure that dictators and tyrants will try to use it to secure unimagined and historically unachievable levels of power.
Get ready, folks. The future isn't going to be friendly to us.
Innovation without a morality check in place can be the death of a species..
ReplyDeleteJust ask all of the wiped out species in forests.