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The ‘Godfather of AI’ warns about potential dangers of the technology as he quits Google.

Hinton has been worried about the potential of AI to do harm and he often talks about the existential threat that AI might pose to the human species.

Dr Hinton told the BBC: "Right now, they’re not more intelligent than us, as far as I can tell.

But I think they soon may be."

He has used OpenAI’s ChatGPT and this has made him uneasy.

When it started to succeed, no one thought it would succeed so quickly.

One of the things that it's learning to do is simple reasoning.

My worry is for those increases in productivity to put people out of work and make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

And as you do that," Hinton said, "you make that gap bigger and society gets more and more violent."

After hundreds of industry and science leaders warned that "mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war," the U.N. Secretary-General recently echoed their concern.

Among them is human-level AI, defined as an AI that can perform a broad range of cognitive tasks at least as well as we can.

We would be no match for it.

Combined with hacked access to our social media timelines, it could create a fake reality on a massive scale.

Yann LeCun has said there is an idea that if a system is intelligent it is going to want to dominate.

Here, with AI, it’s not like that.

In fact, it might not explicitly want that at all.

We do not know how to design AI systems that reliably behave exactly as we intend them to.

UK and US intervene amid AI industry’s rapid advances.

The CMA chief executive said: “AI has burst into the public consciousness over the past few months but has been on our radar for some time."

Denis Hassabis, who is the CEO of DeepMind, a startup that was acquired by Google in 2014, has made a bold claim that AI could reach human-level cognition in as little as five years.

AI existential risk is still not taken as seriously as it should be.

But that is changing.

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The most significant are the autographs of the “godfather” of AI Jeffrey Hinton and OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman.

After leaving Google earlier this year, he gave several interviews in which he outlined his concerns about the technology.

Earlier, they had already talked about the dangers of AI.

In an open letter, they warned of potential risks to society.

In the future, we can expect mass protests against the use of AI, because of which thousands of people are already losing their jobs, and in the future their number may be measured in millions.

Of course, it has long been clear that artificial intelligence technologies will enter all areas of our lives and such a strong resource needs strict control.

Hence the calls to create a system of its legal regulation of AI.

OpenAI, in turn, was originally founded as a research company with a very global goal of developing AI for the benefit of humanity without causing harm.

And it seems that there will be more and more such voices.

The White House will study the risks of artificial intelligence

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**“Henton is not the first Google employee to raise a red flag on artificial intelligence.”**

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**While AI has been used to support human needs for work, the rapid development of chatbots like ChatGPT could put human jobs at risk.

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**Tech billionaire Elon Musk and many experts have called for a pause in the development of AI systems to allow time to ensure the technology is safe.

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Yoshua Bengio is a world leader in AI. Throughout his career, Yoshua’s research has been instrumental in shaping the world’s understanding of AI’s potential—and that same expertise has made his perspective more essential than ever. His pioneering research on deep learning laid the foundations for the current revolution in AI and earned him the 2018 Turing Award—“the Nobel Prize of Computing”—alongside myself and Yann LeCun. Last year, Yoshua received Canada’s highest award for research, the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal. He is the computer scientist with the greatest number of citations and is ranked third among all disciplines for scientific impact.

Yoshua has been concerned for many years with the social impact of artificial intelligence, contributing to the Montreal Declaration for the Responsible Development of AI. Over the past year, worried by the potential for catastrophic outcomes from future AI, he was vocal in global conversations on AI safety. He advised the U.N. Secretary-General and the U.K. AI Safety Institute, and took part in policy discussions with governments in North America, Asia, and Europe.

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In 2012, the British-Canadian computer scientist invented technology with two students at University of Toronto that would become the intellectual foundation for AI systems. Google purchased the rights to this neural network tech to the tune of $44 million, which also propelled Dr Hinton to receive the Turing Award in 2018, considered the Nobel Prize of computing.

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While many look upon AI as a natural technological development akin to the internet that could lead to exciting breakthroughs for humanity, there are growing fears that AI is a Pandora’s box. Reflecting on the effects of his work, Dr Hinton said: ‘I console myself with the normal excuse: If I hadn’t done it, somebody would have,’ as he admitted, ‘it is hard to see how you can prevent the bad actors from using it for bad things.’

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There are those who are trying to apply the brakes to this runaway train. In March, an open letter was signed by over 1,000 tech leaders and researchers, including Elon Musk and fellow Turing Award winner Yoshu Bengio, calling for a six-month moratorium on AI development. A few days later, 19 leaders of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence released their own letter on the risks of AI. The signatures included that of Eric Horvitz, chief scientific officer at Microsoft.

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Several Proud Boys have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy for the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Plus, banking anxieties continue, USA TODAY World Affairs Correspondent Kim Hjelmgaard reports on protests over proposed reforms in Israel, an autopsy reveals Tyre Nichols was killed by blunt force trauma to the head, and USA TODAY Domestic Security Correspondent Josh Meyer looks at the latest debate around artificial intelligence.

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Taylor Wilson:

Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson and this is 5 things you need to know Friday, the 5th of May 2023. Today, a verdict for the Proud Boys. Plus, more bank anxiety, and we hear the latest from protests in Israel.

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three lieutenants were found guilty yesterday of entering a seditious conspiracy against the US government, leading to the January 6th, 2021 Capitol attack. A fifth Proud Boy was acquitted of the charge. Prosecutors said Tarrio was the leader of the plot, despite not being in Washington that day. His arrest two days before the insurrection on unrelated charges and the stabbing of several Proud Boys at a protest in December 2020 served as motivators to try and stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election, according to the government. Tarrio's attorneys argued that he was just the government's scapegoat. They said the true culprit of January 6th was former President Donald Trump.

PacWest Bancorp saw its shares plunge earlier this week, dropping more than 39% at one point. The bank said yesterday that it was considering asset sales and has been approached by several parties about a deal. The bank insists that it has not experienced a high number of customer withdrawals in the wake of the failure and sale of First Republic Bank after a modern day bank run. But anxiety over regional bank stability appeared to spread late this week. Comerica slumped more than 8% and TD Bank Group and First Horizon called off a planned merger citing regulatory hurdles.

Months long protests for and against proposed judicial reforms in Israel will continue this weekend, with tens of thousands expected on the streets of Tel Aviv and elsewhere. Many of the protests are accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right wing coalition of using the reforms to get around the checks and balances of government, and of turning Israel into more of a religious state that could even amount to a dictatorship. Others say they just want their views reflected by a parliament they elected. I sat down with USA TODAY World Affairs Correspondent Kim Hjelmgaard, who recently traveled to Israel, to learn more. Kim, thanks for hopping on 5 Things.

Kim Hjelmgaard:

Thanks for having me.

Taylor Wilson:

Protests have erupted across Israel over these proposed judicial reforms. Some folks opposed to the reforms have said if they're enacted, Israel will not be a democracy anymore. Others even suggest the reforms would make Israel a dictatorship. What's your general perspective on that?

Kim Hjelmgaard:

My general perspective is that Israel is a pretty healthy democracy. Like all democracies, it's not perfect. Constitutional legal scholars say there is space for reform. And this is one of the things that the people who are leading these reforms are saying, look, we can't get laws passed that sort of reflect what our constituents want. The ability to, for example, have separate concerts for men and women, or we can't get laws passed that would allow us to kind of sufficiently build the infrastructure of settlements in the West Bank.

However, it's kind of problematic because if you look at something like a settlement in the West Bank, these things are not legal by international standards. They're often built on Palestinian land.

One of the things about these proposed reforms that the protestors are so angry about has to do with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He's in the middle of a corruption case and he's on trial for it. He's suddenly taken an interest in these reforms because they kind of essentially enable him, through a majority in parliament which his government controls, to kind of get a get out of jail free card a bit. So let's say Netanyahu's convicted, there is the possibility that he can't be removed from power. So the protestors are kind of saying this is just not a healthy thing for a democracy.

Taylor Wilson:

Kim, you mentioned the international community. What is the US government's stance on these reforms and on all of the protests that have happened in recent months?

Kim Hjelmgaard:

US government, as some listeners may be aware, is Israel's biggest source of foreign military aid. The US was the first country in the world to recognize Israel as a country, and the Biden administration has expressed quite publicly, quite loudly, that it does not like the look of these reforms. It feels that they are not democratic, that they're problematic for various reasons.

Taylor Wilson:

And finally, Kim, what's next for these reform proposals and the protests in the coming months?

Kim Hjelmgaard:

Well, things have kind of been stalled since before the Passover holiday, which was last month, when essentially the Parliament went on recess. And Netanyahu, he was kind of faced with this growing escalating insurrection from the Israeli public. There was a series of kind of walkouts from different labor unions, teachers, airport workers went on strike. And they kind of reached this moment where Netanyahu was like, whoa, he needed to calm things down before all of Israeli society kind of unraveled. And so he paused it.

Parliament came back last week. The protestors are still there. The political establishment in Israel is kind of talking about how they're going to try to reach some kind of compromise on this. And nothing has really changed, and it is a kind of standoff where both sides are digging in. But over the last couple of weeks, pro-reform people have started to protest in bigger numbers. A week ago there was about 200,000 of them that showed up outside of the Knesset, which is the Israeli parliament.

So I think everyone in Israel, as far as I can tell, is kind of scratching their heads going, this is not getting any better. In fact, it's getting worse. And one of the places where it could go is another election. And Israel has had five elections since 2019, I believe it is, because they couldn't agree with each other about exactly how to move this country forward. So who knows where that would end up.

Taylor Wilson:

All right. USA TODAY World Affairs Correspondent Kim Hjelmgaard. Thanks so much.

Kim Hjelmgaard:

Thanks for having me.

Taylor Wilson:

An autopsy revealed yesterday that Tyre Nichols was killed by blunt force trauma to the head. The 29-year-old motorist died earlier this year after being brutally beaten by Memphis Police Officers. Nichols' family viewed the autopsy report this week, some four months after Tyre's death. Their attorney, Ben Crump, said the manner of death was homicide. Attorneys said the report was similar to an independent January autopsy that found Nichols suffered extensive bleeding.

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Artificial intelligence. No matter how you feel about it, the technology is here. That includes chatbots like ChatGPT, which recently passed a hundred million monthly active users, according to Reuters and others. I spoke with USA TODAY Domestic Security Correspondent Josh Meyer to learn more. Hi there, Josh.

Josh Meyer:

Good to be here. How are you?

Taylor Wilson:

Good, thanks. Thanks for hopping back on. Josh, the Biden White House is concerned about AI being developed by the tech sector and then unleashed on the public with little to no guardrails on how it might be used. What did they say this week?

Josh Meyer:

The Biden administration did have a meeting at the White House, led by Kamala Harris, with some of these tech leaders to talk about some of the reforms that the White House says are needed, including more transparency in the way these companies develop these technologies, giving access to the work in progress by critics and the public, just so they can weigh in on what's happening.

And also, the Biden administration last October released what they called the AI Bill of Rights. That's designed to sort of put more safeguards in place. Right now, that's just a recommendation. And so some critics that say the Biden administration hasn't gone far enough say that that needs to be mandatory, that these companies aren't going to really do much on their own, and that they're going to have to be forced to comply more and to do more in terms of protecting the safety, security, and the privacy of Americans as we go forward.

Taylor Wilson:

And there have been several prominent tech leaders warning about this recently, including the so-called godfather of AI. So Josh, who is the godfather of AI?

Josh Meyer:

The godfather of AI is a guy named Geoffrey Hinton. He's a renowned researcher, vice president at Google. He's also a Toronto professor, and he's spent the last couple of decades at the forefront of innovating and research and development into artificial intelligence and related topics, including ChatGPT.

Taylor Wilson:

And what are some of his concerns about this technology?

Josh Meyer:

He said that his concerns have mostly come about in the last few months, and one of the concerns is that it is becoming so advanced so quickly. One of the things that it's learning to do is simple reasoning. He said that he's concerned that somebody could actually take over the world and push humanity toward extinction.

He was at a seminar yesterday and one of the things that jumped out at me, and everybody else that was there, was he was asked by the panel's moderator, "What's the worst case scenario that you think is conceivable?" And without hesitation, Hinton said, "I think it's quite conceivable that humanity is just a passing phase in the evolution of intelligence."

Taylor Wilson:

Strong words, I would say. Geez.

Josh Meyer:

Yeah. And then he went on to say that even if we think that we're in control of the technology and we can just turn it off, he said it could easily be brought back to life again on another machine if given the proper instructions. And this is another quote from him at the MIT Technology Review conference yesterday. Hinton said, "And it may keep us around for a while to keep the power stations running, but after that, maybe not." So food for thought.

Taylor Wilson:

Yeah, food for thought. So do other experts agree with this pretty pessimistic outlook?

Josh Meyer:

Actually, after he said that, I wanted to find people that would take exception to it, and I talked to a lot of people. I looked around and a lot of people share his concerns. I did find some people that are a little bit more skeptical, including a longtime trusted source of mine who said, "I think that it's overstated. People need to take a step back. Take a deep breath."

I talked to a guy named Michael Hamilton, who's the co-founder of Critical Insight Risk Management. He's a former advisor to the Department of Homeland Security on tech issues. And he said that computer assisted machine learning, including artificial intelligence, will never be the kind of sentient, self-aware and all-knowing technology that people are afraid of, and that created the Terminator of movie fame. He said basically, artificial intelligence is an extremely sophisticated programming platform that can only go as far as humans allow it.

Taylor Wilson:

Josh, one concern is that AI could wipe out thousands, maybe millions of jobs by making them obsolete. What does he say on that point?

Josh Meyer:

Oh yeah, he's very concerned about that. And so is the White House, as a matter of fact, when they rolled out this new initiative. They said that's one of their biggest concerns. And they want to make sure that the developers of AI, which include Google, Microsoft, and some other companies, that they keep that in mind and make sure that there's guardrails there to prevent that kind of thing from happening.

But we do live in a capitalist economy. According to Hinton, he actually spoke very specifically about it, and he said that, we live in a world where profit comes first and the rich could get richer and the poor get poorer because of ways in which AI is used to do menial tasks that are often done by human beings at a lower range of the pay scale. He said, "It's going to cause huge increases in productivity. My worry is for those increases in productivity to put people out of work and make the rich richer and the poor poorer. And as you do that," Hinton said, "you make that gap bigger and society gets more and more violent."

Taylor Wilson:

Josh Meyer, thanks so much.

Josh Meyer:

Sure.

Taylor Wilson:

And happy Cinco de Mayo. The date marks Mexico's victory over the French empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.

Thanks for listening to 5 Things. We're produced by Shannon Rae Green, and our executive producer is Laura Beatty. Special thanks to Cherie Saunders and Alexis Gustin. I'm Taylor Wilson back tomorrow with another episode of 5 Things.

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New knowledge merges with old; what you know shapes what you learn. Artificial neural networks have been studied and computer algorithms have been generated to understand how artificial, computer-generated, neurons, would store a concept, and how it would revise that concept if it was flawed.

Geoffrey Hinton, a computer scientist often called ‘the godfather of AI,’ is a leading figure in neural networks; studies inspired by the way neurons are connected in the human brain. A New Yorker magazine piece describes his collaborative work in the 1960s and 1970s developing neural nets that couldn’t do anything better than a child. The technology suddenly improved about a decade ago with the large increase in processing speed and Internet data availability.

According to Google Scholar, Hinton is the second most cited researcher among psychologists and the most cited among computer and cognitive scientists.

Hinton has been worried about the potential of AI to do harm and he often talks about the existential threat that AI might pose to the human species. He has used OpenAI’s ChatGPT and this has made him uneasy. He wrote “Fox News is an oxymoron” asking ChatGPT to explain the joke. (Initial reading of this caused me to ponder – a moron full of oxygen??) The first reply told him that this implied Fox News was fake news. When he called attention to the space between oxy and moron, it explained that Fox News was addictive, like the drug OxyContin. To him, this level of understanding represents a new era in AI.

In nature, wildlife learns how to be intelligent without access to concepts expressed in words. They learn to be smart (survive) through experience. Learning, not knowledge, is the engine of intelligence. There is no use trying to explain complicated ideas that you do not understand. First, you must understand how something works. Otherwise, you just produce nonsense.

Because neural networks are so strange, no one can predict how useful – or dangerous – AI will become. OpenAI’s GPT models involve billions of artificial neurons (data) which are profoundly different than biological brains. They are not alive. Our intuitions tell us that nothing resident in a browser tab could really be thinking in the way we do.

Because a human brain can run on oatmeal, the world can support billions of brains, all different. Each brain can learn continuously, rather than being trained once, then pushed out into the world (ship it!).

If the brain dies, the knowledge dies. If a computer dies, load up another computer. Ten thousand neural nets can learn ten thousand different things at the same time and share what they have learned. This immortality (knowledge perpetuity) and replicability suggest we should be concerned about digital intelligence taking over from biological intelligence.

Current AI technology is talkative and intellectual. The problems of physical intuition will be the challenge of the next decade says Yann LeCun, a French computer scientist. A teenager can learn to drive a car in twenty hours of practice with little supervision. AI systems don’t come close to doing this – except self-driving cars – and they are over-engineered, requiring the mapping of whole cities, hundreds of engineers, and hundreds of thousands of hours of training.

And then there is the problem of what some researchers call AI ‘hallucination’, which Hinton names ‘confabulation.’ AI systems confabulate by making up plausible answers to questions that stump them. In the human mind, there is no boundary between just making it up and telling the truth. Telling the truth is just making it up correctly. ChatGPT’s ability to make things up is a flaw, but also a sign of its humanlike intelligence.

When Hinton began his research, no one thought the technology would succeed. When it started to succeed, no one thought it would succeed so quickly. He expects AI will contribute to many fields, but he fears what will happen when powerful people abuse it. Think autonomous weapons. Hinton warns that even benign autonomous systems could wreak havoc. Yann LeCun has said there is an idea that if a system is intelligent it is going to want to dominate. But the desire to dominate has nothing to do with intelligence – it has to do with testosterone.

Recently, Hinton did not sign a popular petition that called for at least a six-month pause in AI research.

“China is not going to stop development for six months.”

“So what should we do?”

“I don’t know. If this were like climate change where we either must stop burning carbon or find a way to remove carbon from the atmosphere, we know what the solution looks like. Here, with AI, it’s not like that.”

Think of the AI story in which our intuitions about the specialness of the human mind are being dislodged by thinking machines, or, having stolen fire, we risk being burned.

Are we fooling ourselves, being taken in by our own machines and the companies that hope to profit from them? By seeking to re-create the knowledge systems in our heads, have we seized the forbidden apple? Have we risked exile from our charmed world? But who would choose not to know how knowing works?

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Dr Hinton told the BBC: "Right now, they’re not more intelligent than us, as far as I can tell.

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Content: The ‘Godfather of AI’ warns about potential dangers of the technology as he quits Google

British-Canadian computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton admits he has fears for the future of AI

In a Frankenstein-esque tale of maker and master, Geoffrey Hinton, 75, dubbed ‘the godfather of AI’, has left Google with a parting warning over the dangers of artificial intelligence.

In 2012, the British-Canadian computer scientist invented technology with two students at University of Toronto that would become the intellectual foundation for AI systems. Google purchased the rights to this neural network tech to the tune of $44 million, which also propelled Dr Hinton to receive the Turing Award in 2018, considered the Nobel Prize of computing.

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Yet now, Dr Hinton has packed in the day job at Google to join a chorus of anxious experts demanding a rollback of AI research until more robust safety measures are designed and deployed. Dr Hinton told the BBC: ‘Right now, they’re not more intelligent than us, as far as I can tell. But I think they soon may be.’

While many look upon AI as a natural technological development akin to the internet that could lead to exciting breakthroughs for humanity, there are growing fears that AI is a Pandora’s box. Reflecting on the effects of his work, Dr Hinton said: ‘I console myself with the normal excuse: If I hadn’t done it, somebody would have,’ as he admitted, ‘it is hard to see how you can prevent the bad actors from using it for bad things.’

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The scientist went on to warn that AI could be taught to ‘create sub-goals like “I need to get more power”’, and be harnessed by nefarious actors to wreak havoc. With innovation driven forward by the unstoppable competition between behemoths like Google and Microsoft, Dr Hinton warned innovation will only increase exponentially in the coming years.

There are those who are trying to apply the brakes to this runaway train. In March, an open letter was signed by over 1,000 tech leaders and researchers, including Elon Musk and fellow Turing Award winner Yoshu Bengio, calling for a six-month moratorium on AI development. A few days later, 19 leaders of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence released their own letter on the risks of AI. The signatures included that of Eric Horvitz, chief scientific officer at Microsoft.

The main outcry over AI lies in its ability to create and disseminate false news and images, which the public may find increasingly hard to identify. AI also poses a threat to academia and careers (see: Tatler’s foray into the world of ChatGPT). Dr Hinton believes that AI will fundamentally disrupt the workplace and take over the ‘drudge work’.

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However Google’s chief scientist, Jeff Dean, offered words of comfort, adding: 'We remain committed to a responsible approach to AI. We’re continually learning to understand emerging risks while also innovating boldly.’

What about AI makes regulation seen as premature, leading few countries to act despite global calls?

But I think they soon may be."

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Content: The ‘Godfather of AI’ warns about potential dangers of the technology as he quits Google

British-Canadian computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton admits he has fears for the future of AI

In a Frankenstein-esque tale of maker and master, Geoffrey Hinton, 75, dubbed ‘the godfather of AI’, has left Google with a parting warning over the dangers of artificial intelligence.

In 2012, the British-Canadian computer scientist invented technology with two students at University of Toronto that would become the intellectual foundation for AI systems. Google purchased the rights to this neural network tech to the tune of $44 million, which also propelled Dr Hinton to receive the Turing Award in 2018, considered the Nobel Prize of computing.

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Yet now, Dr Hinton has packed in the day job at Google to join a chorus of anxious experts demanding a rollback of AI research until more robust safety measures are designed and deployed. Dr Hinton told the BBC: ‘Right now, they’re not more intelligent than us, as far as I can tell. But I think they soon may be.’

While many look upon AI as a natural technological development akin to the internet that could lead to exciting breakthroughs for humanity, there are growing fears that AI is a Pandora’s box. Reflecting on the effects of his work, Dr Hinton said: ‘I console myself with the normal excuse: If I hadn’t done it, somebody would have,’ as he admitted, ‘it is hard to see how you can prevent the bad actors from using it for bad things.’

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The scientist went on to warn that AI could be taught to ‘create sub-goals like “I need to get more power”’, and be harnessed by nefarious actors to wreak havoc. With innovation driven forward by the unstoppable competition between behemoths like Google and Microsoft, Dr Hinton warned innovation will only increase exponentially in the coming years.

There are those who are trying to apply the brakes to this runaway train. In March, an open letter was signed by over 1,000 tech leaders and researchers, including Elon Musk and fellow Turing Award winner Yoshu Bengio, calling for a six-month moratorium on AI development. A few days later, 19 leaders of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence released their own letter on the risks of AI. The signatures included that of Eric Horvitz, chief scientific officer at Microsoft.

The main outcry over AI lies in its ability to create and disseminate false news and images, which the public may find increasingly hard to identify. AI also poses a threat to academia and careers (see: Tatler’s foray into the world of ChatGPT). Dr Hinton believes that AI will fundamentally disrupt the workplace and take over the ‘drudge work’.

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However Google’s chief scientist, Jeff Dean, offered words of comfort, adding: 'We remain committed to a responsible approach to AI. We’re continually learning to understand emerging risks while also innovating boldly.’

What is the AI problem called confabulation, according to Hinton?

It's when AI makes up plausible answers to questions it can't answer.

He has used OpenAI’s ChatGPT and this has made him uneasy.

What is the AI problem called confabulation, according to Hinton?

It's when AI makes up plausible answers to questions it can't answer.

When it started to succeed, no one thought it would succeed so quickly.

What is the AI problem called confabulation, according to Hinton?

It's when AI makes up plausible answers to questions it can't answer.

One of the things that it's learning to do is simple reasoning.

What is the AI problem called confabulation, according to Hinton?

It's when AI makes up plausible answers to questions it can't answer.

My worry is for those increases in productivity to put people out of work and make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

What risks did Hinton associate with AI's rapid advancement?

And as you do that," Hinton said, "you make that gap bigger and society gets more and more violent."

What is the AI problem called confabulation, according to Hinton?

It's when AI makes up plausible answers to questions it can't answer.

Why did Hinton leave Google when he helped develop AI but later grew concerned about its dangers?

After hundreds of industry and science leaders warned that "mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war," the U.N. Secretary-General recently echoed their concern.

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Otto Barten is director of the Existential Risk Observatory, a nonprofit aiming to reduce existential risk by informing the public debate.
Joep Meindertsma is founder of PauseAI, a movement campaigning for an AI Pause.

The existential risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI) are now widely recognized.

After hundreds of industry and science leaders warned that “mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war,” the U.N. Secretary-General recently echoed their concern. So did the prime minister of the U.K., who is also investing 100 million pounds into AI safety research that is mostly meant to prevent existential risk. Other leaders are likely to follow in recognizing AI’s ultimate threat.

In the scientific field of existential risk, which studies the most likely causes of human extinction, AI is consistently ranked at the top of the list. In The Precipice, a book by Oxford existential risk researcher Toby Ord that aims to quantify human extinction risks, the likeliness of AI leading to human extinction exceeds that of climate change, pandemics, asteroid strikes, supervolcanoes, and nuclear war combined. One would expect that even for severe global problems, the risk that they lead to full human extinction is relatively small, and this is indeed true for most of the above risks. AI, however, may cause human extinction if only a few conditions are met. Among them is human-level AI, defined as an AI that can perform a broad range of cognitive tasks at least as well as we can. Studies outlining these ideas were previously known, but new AI breakthroughs have underlined their urgency: AI may be getting close to human level already.

Recursive self-improvement is one of the reasons why existential-risk academics think human-level AI is so dangerous. Because human-level AI could do almost all tasks at our level, and since doing AI research is one of those tasks, advanced AI should therefore be able to improve the state of AI. Constantly improving AI would create a positive feedback loop with no scientifically established limits: an intelligence explosion. The endpoint of this intelligence explosion could be a superintelligence: a godlike AI that outsmarts us the way humans often outsmart insects. We would be no match for it.

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A godlike, superintelligent AI

A superintelligent AI could therefore likely execute any goal it is given. Such a goal would be initially introduced by humans, but might come from a malicious actor, or not have been thought through carefully, or might get corrupted during training or deployment. If the resulting goal conflicts with what is in the best interest of humanity, a superintelligence would aim to execute it regardless. To do so, it could first hack large parts of the internet and then use any hardware connected to it. Or it could use its intelligence to construct narratives that are extremely convincing to us. Combined with hacked access to our social media timelines, it could create a fake reality on a massive scale. As Yuval Harari recently put it: “If we are not careful, we might be trapped behind a curtain of illusions, which we could not tear away—or even realise is there.” As a third option, after either legally making money or hacking our financial system, a superintelligence could simply pay us to perform any actions it needs from us. And these are just some of the strategies a superintelligent AI could use in order to achieve its goals. There are likely many more. Like playing chess against grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, we cannot predict the moves he will play, but we can predict the outcome: we lose.

But why would a superintelligence want to make humanity extinct? In fact, it might not explicitly want that at all. Humanity’s extinction might be a mere side effect of executing another goal to its extremity. When we are executing our own goals as humans, such as food production or growing our economy, we tend to not pay much attention to the effects this has on other species. This routinely leads to the extinction of animal species as a mere side effect of us maximising our goals. In a similar fashion, an uncontrollable superintelligence could lead to our extinction as a side effect of the AI pushing its goals, whatever they may be, to their limits.

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So how can we avoid AI existential risk? Humanity now faces a stark choice: pause AI at a safe level, or continue development indefinitely. Unsurprisingly, the AI labs want the latter. To continue, however, means literally betting our lives on these labs being able to solve an open scientific problem called AI Alignment.

AI Alignment is the approach that leading labs such as OpenAI, DeepMind, and Anthropic are currently taking to prevent human extinction. AI Alignment does not attempt to control how powerful an AI gets, does not attempt to control what exactly the AI will be doing, and does not even necessarily attempt to prevent a potential takeover from happening. Since the labs anticipate they will not be able to control the superintelligent AI that they are creating, they accept that such an AI will act autonomously and unstoppably, but aim to make it act according to our values. As Richard Ngo, a leading alignment researcher working at OpenAI, puts it, “I doubt we’ll be able to make every single deployment environment secure against the full intellectual powers of a superintelligent AGI.” There are large problems with their alignment approach, however, both fundamentally and technically.

What values should an AI have?

Fundamentally, there is of course no agreement on what values we have. What OpenAI founder Sam Altman wants a superintelligence to do may well be completely different from what, say, a textile worker in Bangladesh wants it to do. Aggregating human preferences has always been a thorny issue even before AI, but will get even more complicated when we have a superintelligence around that might be able to quickly, completely, and globally implement the wishes of a handful of CEOs. Democracy, however imperfect, has been the best solution we can find for value aggregation so far. It is, however, unclear whether our current combination of national political systems can control a godlike AI. In fact, it is unclear whether any organisation or system would be up to the task.

Beyond disagreement over current values, humans have historically not been very good at predicting the future externalities of new technologies. The climate crisis, for one, can be seen as an unforeseen outcome of technologies such as steam and internal combustion engines. Ever more powerful technology has the potential to create ever larger externalities. It is impossible to foresee what the negative side effects will be of actually implementing some interpretation of humanity’s current values. They might make climate change pale in comparison.

There are more unsolved fundamental issues with aligning a superintelligence, but currently, AI companies don’t even get that far. It seems that even making current large neural networks reliably do what anyone wants is a technical problem that we currently cannot solve. This is called inner misalignment and has been observed already in current AI: the model pursues the wrong goal when it is released into the real world after being trained on a limited dataset. For a superintelligence, this could have a catastrophic outcome. This problem is, according to OpenAI’s recent document Governance of Superintelligence, an “open research question.” But not to worry: they say they are “putting a lot of effort” into it.

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Even if individuals such as Altman care about the existential threats of superintelligence, the current market dynamics of competing AI labs do not incentivize safety. The GPT-4 model built by OpenAI was tested and fine-tuned for seven months before being made public with a detailed report about its safety. Contrary to the safety efforts of OpenAI, a panicked Google released its competing PaLM 2 model just months later, without any mention of similar safety tests. Now even open-source models like Orca are performing at a ChatGPT level, without any safety analysis. The race is frantic, pushing these companies to take more risks to stay ahead. The scope of these risks is gigantic. As Jaan Tallinn, investor of the major AI lab Anthropic, puts it: “I’ve not met anyone in AI labs who says the risk [from training a next-generation model] is less than 1% of blowing up the planet”.

Let us be clear: continuing risky AI development, and eventually undergoing the intelligence explosion that leads to an uncontrollable superintelligence, is a terrible idea. We will not be able to navigate it safely. We lack the technical solutions, the coordination, the insight, the wisdom, and the experience to do something this complex right on the first try. As humans, we are good at solving problems with trial-and-error processes where we get lots of tries. But in the case of an intelligence explosion, we cannot use this strategy, since the first trial of uncontrolled superintelligence could be disastrous.

Why we should pause AI development

So what is the alternative? An AI Pause. This would mean that governments prohibit training any AI model with capabilities likely to exceed GPT-4. This can be determined by examining the amount of computation required for training, corrected over time for improvements in algorithmic efficiency. These leading models can only be trained at large AI companies or data centers, making the enforcement of such a pause realistic.

Since the leading labs are currently located in the U.S. and the U.K., implementing a pause at a national level in those two countries can be done on very short notice. In the medium term, the competitive dynamics between nations will require international legislation and collaboration, where an international AI agency would help. The U.K. is already planning to host an AI safety summit in autumn, which is a fitting moment to sign a treaty that implements an international AI Pause. Excluding important countries, especially China, from such a summit might not be wise, since they will be needed as well in the medium term. For the longer term, hardware regulation—such as making sure new consumer hardware cannot be used for large-scale AI training, while closely monitoring all hardware that can be—is a promising option to practically enforce a pause. Research into this topic needs to be scaled up rapidly to arrive at robust and implementable solutions.

Further AI development may continue only after regulating authorities are convinced that training and deploying a certain AI model will not risk an uncontrolled intelligence explosion or a takeover scenario. Second-order effects, such as making hard-to-control open-source development easier, should be taken into account in such decisions.

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Continuing beyond the red line, and thus risking an intelligence explosion or a takeover, should only be allowed after meeting the strictest of requirements. First of all, the technical alignment problem should be decisively solved. Other major issues, such as aggregating humanity’s different value systems, limiting unforeseen externalities, and many more, will also need to be addressed.

A pause may be seen by some as unrealistic. They might say that we cannot stop technological progress for a speculative scenario, that market forces are too strong to counter, or that opposing countries can never coordinate. But bear in mind that as a society, we have barely begun to let the truth sink in: we are risking human extinction here. AI existential risk is still not taken as seriously as it should be. But that is changing. Leading AI academics, such as ‘fathers of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, have sounded public warnings about AI’s existential risk, because they saw the technology getting more capable. This process is unlikely to stop: AI’s capabilities will grow further, and this will lead to more and more debate leaders sounding the alarm bells. When the full weight of our situation sinks in, measures that may appear unrealistic at present, could rapidly gain support.

As humanity, we will realise the situation that we are in. We will come together, and we will find a solution, as we always have. And, sooner than we think, we will implement an AI Pause.

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What is the AI problem called confabulation, according to Hinton?

It's when AI makes up plausible answers to questions it can't answer.

Why did Hinton leave Google when he helped develop AI but later grew concerned about its dangers?

Among them is human-level AI, defined as an AI that can perform a broad range of cognitive tasks at least as well as we can.

We would be no match for it.

What did Sam Altman admit about ChatGPT and the potential risks of AI?

Advanced AI could pose an existential risk to humanity.

What does Hinton warn could happen to AI if companies and regulators fail to implement effective rules and controls?

What future risk did Hinton warn about AI?

What risks did the global summit report highlight about AI?

Creating malicious software for cyberattacks, potentially posing an existential threat if humans lose control.

What severe risks did the March 2024 report warn about advanced AI models?

Development of uncontrollable human-targeting weapons

What is the AI problem called confabulation, according to Hinton?

It's when AI makes up plausible answers to questions it can't answer.

Why did Hinton leave Google when he helped develop AI but later grew concerned about its dangers?

Combined with hacked access to our social media timelines, it could create a fake reality on a massive scale.

What risks did Hinton associate with AI's rapid advancement?

What is the AI problem called confabulation, according to Hinton?

It's when AI makes up plausible answers to questions it can't answer.

Why did Hinton leave Google when he helped develop AI but later grew concerned about its dangers?

Yann LeCun has said there is an idea that if a system is intelligent it is going to want to dominate.

Here, with AI, it’s not like that.

In fact, it might not explicitly want that at all.

What about AI makes regulation seen as premature, leading few countries to act despite global calls?

What is the AI problem called confabulation, according to Hinton?

It's when AI makes up plausible answers to questions it can't answer.

Why did Hinton leave Google when he helped develop AI but later grew concerned about its dangers?

We do not know how to design AI systems that reliably behave exactly as we intend them to.

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Jan Brauner is a Ph.D. researcher in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Oxford, focusing on the safety of AI systems and their application in public health.
Alan Chan is a Ph.D. student at Mila, a research institute in Montreal focusing on AI, where he works on technical and socio-technical problems in AI safety. He's particularly interested in evaluation and AI regulation.

In May, more than 100 artificial intelligence (AI) professors, including some of the field's leading experts, scholars from other areas, and AI executives signed a one-sentence statement: "Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.” Many signing researchers have explained their reason for worry: the risk that we might build powerful AI systems that we cannot control within this decade or the next ones.

Some have suggested the statement is an industry ploy to hype up AI companies’ products or influence regulation, ignoring that most of the signatories—ourselves included—are academics who do not work for industry. But the most common concern we have heard is that, by focusing on the risk of extinction, the statement distracts from present-day AI harms. As volunteers involved in collecting signatures for and constructing the statement, we disagree because both problems share a common core. The false dichotomy between ongoing harms and emergent risks makes it needlessly difficult to address common root causes.

AI poses many ongoing problems. AI systems can sustain human rights abuses, perpetuate systemic discrimination, and entrench power imbalances. Because AI systems are often widely deployed, harms can reach massive scales. For example, tens of thousands of families were pushed into poverty when the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration wrongly accused them of fraud and requested they pay back large sums of money, based on risk profiles created with AI systems.

The root causes of AI harm

There are several root causes that contribute to many instances of the harm caused by AI. One is that we do not know how to design AI systems that reliably behave exactly as we intend them to. For example, a health system was designed to allocate care based on need but discriminated against Black hospital patients. It turned out the algorithm used health care costs as a proxy for need, but institutionalized racism means that less money has been spent on Black patients historically. In many similar cases, companies do not explicitly set out to build harmful AI systems. Instead, creating state-of-the-art AI systems requires vast amounts of data, and the AI systems unintendedly inherit the biases encoded in this data.

Another cause is competitive pressures and limited accountability. There is often a strong economic incentive to deploy AI systems without sufficient safety checks. For example, Microsoft rushed the release of the Bing chatbot, which resulted in the chatbot threatening and insulting users. When the Dutch Tax Administration replaced human judgment with AI systems, this, too, happened in the name of efficiency.

Without decisive action to address these root causes, increasingly powerful and widely deployed AI systems will cause even more pervasive and significant harm. Many experts believe future AI systems may outmatch humans in crucial cognitive skills, such as social persuasion, planning, and development of novel technologies. Just as these cognitive abilities enabled humanity to control the fate of other species, the same skills could enable smarter AI systems to out-perform us. Given competition and limited accountability, there would be pressure on organizations to replace expensive human labor with AI systems. Economic forces encourage the rapid deployment of new AI systems (at the cost of safety testing), making them ever more powerful, building general (and potentially more powerful) systems rather than narrow (and potentially more controllable) systems, and increasing the autonomy of AI systems to take action in the world. AI systems could increasingly control our society's key productive, managerial, and military capacities. By then, we must have figured out how to design systems that always and truly behave as we intend. Otherwise, powerful AI systems that pursue goals at odds with humanity could lead to human marginalization or even extinction.

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Moreover, many researchers expect us to develop such advanced AI systems very soon. Companies are pouring more money and talent into AI development while the cost of computing power is decreasing. Simply using more computing power and data has reliably produced more capable AI systems, while AI algorithms have also improved. After seeing the rapid progress in AI over the past five years, Geoffrey Hinton, a founding father of modern AI, now expects that AI could broadly surpass human cognitive abilities—such as persuasion, planning, and scientific reasoning—within five to 20 years. Such time horizons are shared by many in the AI research community.

Twenty years is short; in discussions about the climate crisis, we regularly consider effects on such timescales. And just as climate change requires us to face air pollution and ongoing natural disasters as well as prevent future, even more, extreme weather events, we must tackle various AI risks and harms simultaneously. Even if we might be a couple of decades away from AI systems that are smarter than humans, that is little time to create the complex global governance structures necessary for this technology.

Work to address ongoing harms sometimes differs from work to manage extinction risk. We do not wish to erase nuance or potential differences between the perspectives. Yet, given common root causes, there is much room for collaboration and cooperation.

Four possible interventions

Many interventions could address the root problems. First, the public currently has little to no say over what models are built and how they are deployed. For example, those most affected by welfare systems have had little say in their automation. Private companies decide which risks are acceptable, as they have free rein over computing power and data, the key levers of AI development. Stronger democratic oversight over the supply of computing power and data would enhance public control over AI development and associated risks. For example, governments can monitor when large amounts of computing power are being used and for what purpose.

Second, a strong auditing regime, where independent third-parties would scrutinize the practices and development processes of AI labs, would help reduce risks overall. Auditing has already surfaced previously overlooked harms, such as bias in facial recognition, and could catch future failure modes like AI systems subverting human control or replicating autonomously. A standards body could ensure  AI systems, both before and after deployment, meet specified safety guidelines. Domestic agencies could enforce compliance, while an international organization would create universal standards.

Third, we should require meaningful human oversight of critical AI decisions, and avoid very-high-risk use cases such as lethal autonomous weapons. Uncertainty about AI systems' current and near-future capabilities means we should proceed cautiously around their deployment in critical domains.

Fourth, we should rebalance the  funding going into AIs and urge companies to spend less on making them smarter while increasing funding into making them safer, more transparent, and studying their social impacts. While it is good that industry labs are funding such research, this funding is liable to change with market conditions. Much more public funding for non-industry groups is required.

The development of increasingly powerful AI systems poses increasingly vast societal-scale risks. The complexity of these risks requires cooperation between people with potentially different motivations but with a shared interest in ensuring that AI development proceeds in a just and beneficial way.

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UK and US intervene amid AI industry’s rapid advances

Competition and Markets Authority sends ‘pre-warning’ to sector, while White House announces measures to address risks

The UK and US have intervened in the race to develop ever more powerful artificial intelligence technology, as the British competition watchdog launched a review of the sector and the White House advised tech firms of their fundamental responsibility to develop safe products.

Regulators are under mounting pressure to intervene, as the emergence of AI-powered language generators such as ChatGPT raises concerns about the potential spread of misinformation, a rise in fraud and the impact on the jobs market, with Elon Musk among nearly 30,000 signatories to a letter published last month urging a pause in significant projects.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Thursday it would look at the underlying systems – or foundation models – behind AI tools. The initial review, described by one legal expert as a “pre-warning” to the sector, will publish its findings in September.

On the same day, the US government announced measures to address the risks in AI development, as Kamala Harris, the vice-president, met chief executives at the forefront of the industry’s rapid advances. In a statement, the White House said firms developing the technology had a “fundamental responsibility to make sure their products are safe before they are deployed or made public”.

The meeting capped a week during which a succession of scientists and business leaders issued warnings about the speed at which the technology could disrupt established industries. On Monday, Geoffrey Hinton, the “godfather of AI”, quit Google in order to speak more freely about the technology’s dangers, while the UK government’s outgoing scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, urged ministers to “get ahead” of the profound social and economic changes that could be triggered by AI, saying the impact on jobs could be as big as that of the Industrial Revolution.

Sarah Cardell said AI had the potential to “transform” the way businesses competed, but that consumers must be protected.

The CMA chief executive said: “AI has burst into the public consciousness over the past few months but has been on our radar for some time. It’s crucial that the potential benefits of this transformative technology are readily accessible to UK businesses and consumers while people remain protected from issues like false or misleading information.”

ChatGPT and Google’s rival Bard service are prone to delivering false information in response to users’ prompts, while concerns have been raised about AI-generated voice scams. The anti-misinformation outfit NewsGuard said this week that chatbots pretending to be journalists were running almost 50 AI-generated “content farms”. Last month, a song featuring fake AI-generated vocals purporting to be Drake and the Weeknd was pulled from streaming services.

The CMA review will look at how the markets for foundation models could evolve, what opportunities and risks there are for consumers and competition, and formulate “guiding principles” to support competition and protect consumers.

The leading players in AI are Microsoft, ChatGPT developer OpenAI – in which Microsoft is an investor – and Google parent Alphabet, which owns a world-leading AI business in UK-based DeepMind, while leading AI startups include Anthropic and Stability AI, the British company behind Stable Diffusion.

Alex Haffner, competition partner at the UK law firm Fladgate, said: “Given the direction of regulatory travel at the moment and the fact the CMA is deciding to dedicate resource to this area, its announcement must be seen as some form of pre-warning about aggressive development of AI programmes without due scrutiny being applied.”

In the US, Harris met the chief executives of OpenAI, Alphabet and Microsoft at the White House, and outlined measures to address the risks of unchecked AI development. In a statement following the meeting, Harris said she told the executives that “the private sector has an ethical, moral, and legal responsibility to ensure the safety and security of their products”.

The administration said it would invest $140m (£111m) in seven new national AI research institutes, to pursue artificial intelligence advances that are “ethical, trustworthy, responsible, and serve the public good”. AI development is dominated by the private sector, with the tech industry producing 32 significant machine-learning models last year, compared with three produced by academia.

Leading AI developers have also agreed to their systems being publicly evaluated at this year’s Defcon 31 cybersecurity conference. Companies that have agreed to participate include OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Stability AI.

“This independent exercise will provide critical information to researchers and the public about the impacts of these models,” said the White House.

Robert Weissman, the president of the consumer rights non-profit Public Citizen, praised the White House’s announcement as a “useful step” but said more aggressive action is needed. Weissman said this should including a moratorium on the deployment of new generative AI technologies, the term for tools such as ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion.

“At this point, Big Tech companies need to be saved from themselves. The companies and their top AI developers are well aware of the risks posed by generative AI. But they are in a competitive arms race and each believes themselves unable to slow down,” he said.

The EU was also told on Thursday that it must protect grassroots AI research or risk handing control of the technology’s development to US firms.

In an open letter coordinated by the German research group Laion – or Large-scale AI Open Network – the European parliament was told that one-size-fits-all rules risked eliminating open research and development.

“Rules that require a researcher or developer to monitor or control downstream use could make it impossible to release open-source AI in Europe,” which would “entrench large firms” and “hamper efforts to improve transparency, reduce competition, limit academic freedom, and drive investment in AI overseas”, the letter said.

“Europe cannot afford to lose AI sovereignty. Eliminating open-source R&D will leave the European scientific community and economy critically dependent on a handful of foreign and proprietary firms for essential AI infrastructure.”

The largest AI efforts, by companies such as OpenAI and Google, are heavily controlled by their creators. It is impossible to download the model behind ChatGPT, for instance, and the paid-for access that OpenAI provides to customers comes with a number of legal and technical restrictions on how it can be used. By contrast, open-source efforts involve creating a model and then releasing it for anyone to use, improve or adapt as they see fit.

“We are working on open-source AI because we think that sort of AI will be more safe, more accessible and more democratic,” said Christoph Schuhmann, the organisational lead at Laion.

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  • EU urged to protect grassroots AI research or risk losing out to US

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  • AI ‘could be as transformative as Industrial Revolution’

  • Chatbot ‘journalists’ found running almost 50 AI-generated content farms

  • ‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton quits Google and warns over dangers of misinformation

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Denis Hassabis, who is the CEO of DeepMind, a startup that was acquired by Google in 2014, has made a bold claim that AI could reach human-level cognition in as little as five years.

2023 is shaping up to be the year of Artificial Intelligence—generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Bing, and Google’s Bard are making headlines. Human jobs are at risk, with IBM halting hiring for 7,800 roles. And, the fear of AI surpassing human capabilities persists. Geoffrey Hinton, known as the ‘Godfather of AI,’ left Google citing concerns about its dangers. Despite the benefits that AI can bring, such as increased efficiency and productivity, the fear of AI outpacing humans and becoming too smart for its own good is a fear that has been discussed time and again.

Now, another Google executive, Denis Hassabis, who is the CEO of DeepMind, a startup that was acquired by Google in 2014, has made a bold claim that AI could reach human-level cognition in as little as five years.

Hassabis, speaking at Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival in New York City, said that the developments in the Artificial Intelligence space shouldn’t be slowed down. “I think we’ll have very capable, very general systems in the next few years,” and he doesn’t “see any reason why that progress is going to slow down. I think it may even accelerate.” He added, “So I think we could be just a few years, maybe within a decade away.”

According to Fortune, Google announced last month that it was merging its core A.I. research team with DeepMind, the startup founded by Demis Hassabis, who would become the CEO of the newly combined unit. Google had acquired DeepMind in 2014.

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In related news, Geoffrey Hinton, who’s touted to be the ‘Godfather of AI, quit Google to express his concerns. Hinton, who has won the Turing award, the computer science equivalent of the Nobel prize, has expressed concern that future versions of AI could pose a threat because they often learn unexpected behavior from the vast amounts of data they analyze. This is particularly troubling as AI systems might soon generate and run their own code, which could lead to truly autonomous weapons and killer robots becoming a reality.

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What is the AI problem called confabulation, according to Hinton?

It's when AI makes up plausible answers to questions it can't answer.

Why did Hinton leave Google when he helped develop AI but later grew concerned about its dangers?

AI existential risk is still not taken as seriously as it should be.

What did Sam Altman admit about ChatGPT and the potential risks of AI?

Advanced AI could pose an existential risk to humanity.

What does Hinton warn could happen to AI if companies and regulators fail to implement effective rules and controls?

What risks did the global summit report highlight about AI?

Creating malicious software for cyberattacks, potentially posing an existential threat if humans lose control.

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Microsoft and Google recently made major investments in two of the most valuable companies in the field of artificial intelligence (AI).
OpenAI, which developed ChatGPT, received a staggering $10 billion investment from Microsoft, while Google invested $300 million in Anthropic.
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Financial support for AI companies has drawn public attention to the ongoing rivalry.
Google ’ s struggle for dominance with Microsoft is increasingly the subject of discussions about the future success of AI.
Google has made huge contributions to the field of artificial intelligence, including the invention of transformers — a special form of machine learning in which the algorithm improves on tasks as it “learns ” from data — the development of methods for automating language translation and the acquisition of DeepMind, a company engaged in artificial intelligence.
While Google has consistently positioned itself at the forefront of AI development, the introduction of ChatGPT has reached an important milestone.
OpenAI released ChatGPT in November 2022, and a more advanced version of GPT-4 was introduced in February 2023.
The advent of ChatGPT has sparked widespread debate about artificial general intelligence (AGI), in which machines outperform human intelligence.
This question was raised by Jeffrey Hinton, who is an influential figure in the field of artificial intelligence.
After leaving Google earlier this year, he gave several interviews in which he outlined his concerns about the technology.
Consequently, the number of research papers devoted to large language models (LLMs) — the type of artificial intelligence technology on which ChatGPT is based — has increased dramatically.
Other areas of AI research, such as conversational systems and information search, may lose out.
Against the backdrop of this rapid technological breakthrough, it seems that Google is afraid of losing its technological superiority and market dominance.
This concern is not unreasonable.
Created by a direct competitor, ChatGPT used Google ’ s pioneering internet search techniques to generate significant profits.
In addition, the flow of talent from Google to OpenAI — along with the rapid growth of the latter — has become an alarming trend for the search giant.
When OpenAI was founded, one of its principles was to create “open source ” software where the software is publicly available, allowing developers to share and modify it.
Meanwhile, Google is taking a relatively consistent commercial approach to its plans and ambitions.
However, OpenAI ’ s recent shift towards commercialization and closed source practices seems to contradict its original corporate philosophy.
Some industry insiders criticize OpenAI for its somewhat controversial stance.
Although the company positions itself as an open source AI developer, it is undoubtedly a commercial organization, and this fact it does not immediately recognize.
This contradiction between OpenAI ’ s public image and business realities has made the rivalry with Google even more intriguing.
One of the likely results of this competition is the further development and improvement of artificial intelligence technology caused by the need to stay ahead of the market.
Google ’ s methods, once used by OpenAI for commercial gain, are likely to be subject to further innovation.
This evolution will not only enhance the functionality of AI applications, but will also significantly improve the user experience.
Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of Microsoft, recently pointed out that the company does not consider it necessary to rebuild the search engine, since even a single increase in market share means an increase in value of $2 billion.
This strategic reduction of their ambitions may be an attempt to reduce competitive pressure in the technology sector.
It ’ s worth noting that Microsoft ’ s collaboration with OpenAI adds another layer to this complex rivalry.
Google has also demonstrated its willingness to invest in external AI projects to expand its influence.
For example, the company ’ s investment in Anthropic, an artificial intelligence research company, reflects Google ’ s strategy to maintain its technological leadership through a strategic partnership.
One issue that resonates with many people is the potential for misinformation and distortion created by ChatGPT.
With more than 200 million users, it serves about 2.53% of the world ’ s population.
Widespread disinformation on social media has significantly eroded trust in online content and has reportedly influenced the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
With such an extensive user base of ChatGPT, it is possible that technology companies can manipulate opinions, silently influencing user preferences and decisions in a variety of ways.
Consequently, the need for more careful study and regulation of these large language patterns is becoming increasingly urgent.
Despite growing competition in the field of artificial intelligence, Google remains a respected organization in the global technology industry.
The artificial intelligence rivalry between Google and Microsoft has prompted both companies to push the boundaries of this technology, promising exciting advances in the coming years.
The various strategies used in this rivalry, from attracting talent to strategic investments, reflect the importance of artificial intelligence betting.
In particular, attracting the best specialists allows these companies to develop their capabilities in the field of artificial intelligence, which gives them a competitive advantage.
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The development of artificial intelligence threatens humanity with extinction.
In terms of the danger to life on Earth, it was compared to pandemics and nuclear war, The Week reported.
British scientist Geoffrey Hinton, who was nicknamed the godfather of artificial intelligence, said that the mass upheaval and destruction of humanity due to the “uprising of machines ” has ceased to be science fiction.
In his opinion, the development of technology really poses a mortal danger to people.
And if earlier he predicted it in 30 years, now, with the current pace of development of neural networks, he has reduced this period to five years.
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The same opinion was expressed by other experts.
More than 350 AI researchers and engineers have issued a warning that AI poses a danger comparable to the risks of pandemics and nuclear war.
While artificial intelligence is being trained and not so dangerous.
In the company "Geoscan" denied the information about the threat of an uprising of drones based on them.
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According to the non-profit organization Center for AI Safety (CAIS), artificial intelligence can lead to the disappearance of humanity.
This is not the first warning of this kind.
In a relatively short time, several reputable scientists and entrepreneurs have claimed the destructive potential of artificial intelligence.
In addition to social significance, the issue of AI risk management also has geopolitical content.
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The American “AI Security Center ” published an official statement.
It details a number of negative effects of the use of AI, which could eventually lead to the disappearance of humanity.
“A more advanced AI could pose catastrophic and existential risks, ” reads the text published on the organization ’ s website.
Eight threats have been identified.
The first is related to the military application of artificial intelligence technologies: “Unlike other types of weapons, AI systems capable of causing harm can be easily distributed digitally. ”
The second is disinformation: “… all this can undermine the collective decision-making system, radicalize individuals … ”.
The third risk is the distortion of the work of recommendation algorithms.
These systems, for example, offer us additional products on online marketplaces.
The fear is that more advanced models will focus on simplifying the process of predicting the desires of the buyer, which can cause people to develop bad habits and so on.
The fourth threat is associated with a sharp increase in the dependence of people on advanced systems, up to the delegation of the most ordinary tasks to them.
The fifth is an even greater concentration of wealth and influence in the hands of a limited number of people who can use it to monopolize power in society.
The sixth threat is the emergence of goals and abilities.
In other words, models can set new goals and develop skills that are not foreseen during their training.
The seventh is related to the deception by AI.
The statement cites an example where Volkswagen programmed engines to show low emissions only during inspections.
In the same way, according to experts, artificial intelligence can do.
The eighth and, perhaps, the biggest threat is the desire for power.
According to CAIS, the risks of artificial intelligence becoming more independent cannot be ruled out: “By inventing more advanced machines, we are playing with fire. ”
CAIS experts conclude: “Reducing the risk of extinction due to AI should be a global priority along with risks such as pandemics and nuclear war. ”
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The company ’ s arguments resonated in many areas.
Signatures under the statement put not only scientists and programmers, but also journalists and businessmen.
The most significant are the autographs of the “godfather ” of AI Jeffrey Hinton and OpenAI ’ s CEO Sam Altman.
Earlier, they had already talked about the dangers of AI.
“I ’ m pretty concerned about the possible existential risks that might arise when these things get smarter than us … I ’ ve come to the conclusion that [artificial] intelligence is different from ours.
It is as if one person learned something, and with him 10 thousand people learned the same thing.
That ’ s how these chatbots know more than anyone. ”
Moderate AI pessimists were also recorded by representatives of BigTech, Elon Musk, as well as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
In their March open letter, they demanded that the development of better language models be suspended.
Should we automate all jobs?
Should we develop non-human brains that could later become smarter … and replace us? ”
According to experts, a pause in the development of AI will provide an opportunity to understand the ethical and social risks that the technology presents.
In turn, this should contribute to the development of safer systems.
However, some companies oppose such steps, as it can harm their immediate interests.
According to Forbes, the majority of surveyed owners are confident in the positive impact of AI on their business.
This applies to improving the quality of service (64%), increasing sales (60%), as well as improving the process of corporate decision-making (44%).
Especially can be outraged by companies that have reached new heights due to the association with AI.
For example, Nvidia broke through the $1 trillion market cap thanks to the AI boom.
The counter-argument of the proponents of a pause in the development of advanced AI is that it will cause only short-term losses.
In their opinion, in the long term, a break and additional research can make the use of technology safer and, thereby, more effectively reduce business costs.
However, these arguments do not convince everyone.
Opponents of the suspension of the development of AI argue that the “bad actors ”, despite all the agreements, will still continue to adapt the technology to their needs.
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Hence the calls to create a system of its legal regulation of AI.
In the United States, for example, the first rudiments of such legislation appeared under Trump (2020), and in November 2022, the Biden administration published the plan of the Bill of Rights in the field of artificial intelligence.
Even more so, so far these are only sketches that have no force under them.
The situation is quite different in China.
By May 2023
Beijing has already been working on a second set of laws regulating AI.
For 6 years, since 2017, the PRC has been studying the legal aspects of the introduction of technology in most areas of life.
One of the goals of this activity is to increase public confidence in AI.
In addition, the presence of rules, according to Chinese experts, will allow entrepreneurs with greater confidence to use AI solutions in the activities of their companies.
A more global and longer-term goal could be to spread Chinese practices to other countries, giving Beijing an edge in technological competition with the United States.
On this account, there are many different considerations: some researchers are confident in the success of the Celestial Empire, another clarifies that the presence of a set of rules does not cancel the lag of China from the United States in some areas of AI (for example, large language models) - but all this only confirms the formation of artificial intelligence technologies as a subject of geopolitical struggle.
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The potential risks of AI have been discussed for a long time.
For many years, they were treated superficially, as the beginning of the introduction of technology in everyday life seemed distant.
Nevertheless, the emergence of large language models, the gradual integration of AI solutions in the field of medicine, finance and even art forced experts to think.
Too fast the introduction of artificial intelligence, in their opinion, minimizes the chances of detecting problems in the work of the same language models.
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“If we slow down, the AI race will not stop ” – not all AI developers are ready to suspend development
Alex Carp, head of software company Palantir, says that only those who “don ’ t have AI products want to pause. ”
His company announced additional investments and rejected calls to suspend AI development.
“The race has started – the only question is, will we stay ahead or lose the lead? ” – asks the question with an edge Alex.
He is confident that the West currently has key commercial and military advantages in the field of AI and should not give them up.
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“If we slow down, the AI race will not stop.
“No country in the world, especially our adversaries, can allow us to have this advantage, ” he said.
Karp ’ s comments have a very different tone compared to the recent glut of dire warnings about the potentially existential threat AI poses to humanity, and accompanying calls for slowing or even stopping its development.
In March, Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, and more than 1,000 other AI experts and industry representatives called for a six-month moratorium on training AI systems that are more productive than OpenAI ’ s recently unveiled GPT-4.
In an open letter, they warned of potential risks to society.
In May, AI industry leaders, including executives from OpenAI and Google Deepmind, warned that artificial intelligence could lead to the extinction of humanity.
As one of the threats, they pointed out the involvement of AI in the development of a new generation of chemical weapons.
Two of the three so-called godfathers of AI — Geoffrey Hinton and Professor Yoshua Bengio — were among those who warned that the technology they helped create had enormous potential for harm.
Regulators in many countries are struggling to develop new rules to limit the risk of using AI.
This fall, the UK is planning a global summit on AI, and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants the UK to make efforts to ensure that the benefits of AI are “harnessed for the benefit of humanity. ”
The composition of the summit is not yet known, but the UK government said it would “bring together key countries, leading technology companies and researchers to agree on security measures to assess and monitor the most significant risks associated with AI. ”
Sunak argues that the UK is a “natural place ” to talk about AI, mentioning recent meetings with executives from leading AI firms.
According to him, this sector of the economy, which employs 50,000 people, brought the UK £3.7 billion.
Sunak ’ s desire to lead the process is understandable, but many question Britain ’ s leadership in this area.
Analysts believe that the UK may be too ambitious, and there are sharp differences in approaches to governance and regulation between the EU and the US, which the UK will be difficult to influence.
In addition, a number of global initiatives already exist, including the UN Global Digital Compact, which has a stronger fundamental foundation.
It should be noted that none of the most innovative firms in the field of artificial intelligence is based in the UK.
“Instead of trying to play this role, the UK may need to focus on encouraging responsible behavior in the research, development and deployment of these technologies, ” said Yasmin Afina, a research fellow at the Chatham House Digital Society Initiative.
The European Union is developing a law on artificial intelligence, but admits that even in the best case, it will take two and a half years to enter into force.
EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said it would be “too late ”.
She reported on work on a voluntary code that could be drafted in a matter of weeks.
China is also actively developing rules for the use of AI, including a requirement to notify users whenever an AI algorithm is used.
Contradictions between AI developers and regulators will only multiply.
In the future, we can expect mass protests against the use of AI, because of which thousands of people are already losing their jobs, and in the future their number may be measured in millions.
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What is the AI problem called confabulation, according to Hinton?

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What did Hinton, the renowned British-Canadian expert reveal about AI that caused widespread concern?

Exposed serious AI risks, shocking the tech world and affecting major company stocks.

What is the AI problem called confabulation, according to Hinton?

It's when AI makes up plausible answers to questions it can't answer.

In an open letter, they warned of potential risks to society.

What did Hinton, the renowned British-Canadian expert reveal about AI that caused widespread concern?

Exposed serious AI risks, shocking the tech world and affecting major company stocks.

What did Sam Altman admit about ChatGPT and the potential risks of AI?

Advanced AI could pose an existential risk to humanity.

What does Hinton warn could happen to AI if companies and regulators fail to implement effective rules and controls?

What is the AI problem called confabulation, according to Hinton?

It's when AI makes up plausible answers to questions it can't answer.

In the future, we can expect mass protests against the use of AI, because of which thousands of people are already losing their jobs, and in the future their number may be measured in millions.

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It's when AI makes up plausible answers to questions it can't answer.

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The dismissal of Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, received as loud a resonance as the launch of ChatGPT itself.
It ’ s not the first time we ’ ve seen a shift in leadership, founders and inspirers, but this time the company ’ s team has expressed its clear position in an open letter demanding Altman ’ s return and confirmed its willingness to follow him to Microsoft.
I want to believe that this letter was one of the main reasons for the Board of Directors to reconsider its decision and return the founder to the post of CEO.
Easy to use ChatGPT allowed you to quickly write not only an essay, but also, if desired, program code for a user who does not have special skills.
But it ’ s like opening a Pandora ’ s box: the more opportunities you have, the more ways you can achieve your goals — and not always for the good.
In general, artificial intelligence (AI), like the OpenAI project, is designed to develop our society - bringing automation to a new level.
Generative AI appeared many years ago.
The progenitor is the founder of information theory Claude Shannon, who conducted the simplest experiments by current standards, but on their basis are now trained assistants such as ChatGPT and YandexGPT.
Shannon took a large text, such as William Shakespeare, and manually collected statistics: which letters next to each other are more common in different combinations.
And then, also manually, he started the process of generating text: all the letters were formed according to the statistics of the English language.
The bottom line is that when the letters are independent, you get a text where there are no real words.
And as we begin to take into account the joint occurrence of letters, the texts begin to become more and more similar to the real ones.
This is the approach used in large language models: they generate plausible sequences of symbols.
But it turned out that if you create a sufficiently large context, then something like a model of the world appears inside.
Learning, the neural network implicitly understands, for example, that light has four sides, but this does not mean that AI has thinking, consciousness.
Generative artificial intelligence simply notices complex dependencies in data.
The active development of AI began in 2017, when the architecture of neural networks such as “transformer ” showed very good results for working with a very long context – at the moment more than 100 thousand words.
Now in the world, the race of developers of generative AI is in full swing, and the global success of ChatGPT, the close attention of the public to the internal life of the company is a clear confirmation of this.
Of course, it has long been clear that artificial intelligence technologies will enter all areas of our lives and such a strong resource needs strict control.
OpenAI, in turn, was originally founded as a research company with a very global goal of developing AI for the benefit of humanity without causing harm.
Such grandiose in scale plans embodied very odious and well-known entrepreneurs in the field of technology - Elon Musk and Sam Altman, ready to attract active attention to world problems and look for opportunities to solve them.
They have repeatedly expressed the opinion that the intensive development of AI within large commercial companies in different countries can become dangerous for humanity, as it gives too much concentration of power in one hand.
ChatGPT is not just a text generator, just like Wikipedia is not just a free encyclopedia.
The more users a project collects, the stronger its impact, and the impact of AI technology itself is simply limitless and can become unmanageable without proper control.
In this regard, all modern generative models have a number of restrictions that are imposed by developers at two stages.
At the very beginning, when collecting a training sample, it is clearly filtered what data will fall into the model, there is a selection of information sources.
Then, restrictions are introduced at the generation stage: various filters are put into the network, which classify the object generated by the neural network and check whether there is no prohibited content there.
It is assumed that these restrictions will protect the neural network.
But this is not always possible – the models are quite unpredictable and can give out potential “wrong ” content, even despite the filters.
Humanism and ethics are embedded in the idea of   benefiting humanity, but these concepts themselves are ambiguous.
ChatGPT is based on a large dataset that reflected the features of the current Western agenda and, apparently, the views of the developers themselves.
In the process of collecting a large number of sample questions and answers, they ranked the data according to these views.
As a result, ChatGPT cannot be called objective and impartial.
For example, he is inclined to speak positively about the activities of the Democratic Party and criticize the Republican Party, and here one feels “parental upbringing ”.
The same rules were taken into account by the development team.
For example, in ChatGPT laid restrictive filters relating to the appearance of a person.
If you ask him to comment on a photo of a person with excess weight, then he will not give any advice about the nutrition system and sports, because he is forbidden to judge the appearance.
Filtering in ChatGPT and its development as an AI project, most likely, caused the personnel shocks that we see now in the company OpenAI.
The impact of OpenAI is comparable to that of Microsoft in IT in general.
We want to believe that the return of Sam Altman will keep unchanged the original goal of the company - the universal benefit of AI technologies.
However, such a successful project has outgrown itself that it cannot but bring a conflict of interest.
It is quite understandable and the desire to launch simply doomed to success commercial projects.
In any case, the strong support of the team, the public and, of course, Microsoft showed the importance of this very idea.
But, quite possibly, changes in the company ’ s strategy cannot be avoided, and what the service will become in the future, whether it will cease to be so accessible or vice versa, we will see in the near future.
Author: Director of Data Science at Nanosemantics, Engineer at the Laboratory of Neural Network Technologies and Computational Linguistics at MIPT
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“If we slow down, the AI race will not stop ” – not all AI developers are ready to suspend development
Alex Carp, head of software company Palantir, says that only those who “don ’ t have AI products want to pause. ”
His company announced additional investments and rejected calls to suspend AI development.
“The race has started – the only question is, will we stay ahead or lose the lead? ” – asks the question with an edge Alex.
He is confident that the West currently has key commercial and military advantages in the field of AI and should not give them up.
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“If we slow down, the AI race will not stop.
“No country in the world, especially our adversaries, can allow us to have this advantage, ” he said.
Karp ’ s comments have a very different tone compared to the recent glut of dire warnings about the potentially existential threat AI poses to humanity, and accompanying calls for slowing or even stopping its development.
In March, Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, and more than 1,000 other AI experts and industry representatives called for a six-month moratorium on training AI systems that are more productive than OpenAI ’ s recently unveiled GPT-4.
In an open letter, they warned of potential risks to society.
In May, AI industry leaders, including executives from OpenAI and Google Deepmind, warned that artificial intelligence could lead to the extinction of humanity.
As one of the threats, they pointed out the involvement of AI in the development of a new generation of chemical weapons.
Two of the three so-called godfathers of AI — Geoffrey Hinton and Professor Yoshua Bengio — were among those who warned that the technology they helped create had enormous potential for harm.
Regulators in many countries are struggling to develop new rules to limit the risk of using AI.
This fall, the UK is planning a global summit on AI, and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants the UK to make efforts to ensure that the benefits of AI are “harnessed for the benefit of humanity. ”
The composition of the summit is not yet known, but the UK government said it would “bring together key countries, leading technology companies and researchers to agree on security measures to assess and monitor the most significant risks associated with AI. ”
Sunak argues that the UK is a “natural place ” to talk about AI, mentioning recent meetings with executives from leading AI firms.
According to him, this sector of the economy, which employs 50,000 people, brought the UK £3.7 billion.
Sunak ’ s desire to lead the process is understandable, but many question Britain ’ s leadership in this area.
Analysts believe that the UK may be too ambitious, and there are sharp differences in approaches to governance and regulation between the EU and the US, which the UK will be difficult to influence.
In addition, a number of global initiatives already exist, including the UN Global Digital Compact, which has a stronger fundamental foundation.
It should be noted that none of the most innovative firms in the field of artificial intelligence is based in the UK.
“Instead of trying to play this role, the UK may need to focus on encouraging responsible behavior in the research, development and deployment of these technologies, ” said Yasmin Afina, a research fellow at the Chatham House Digital Society Initiative.
The European Union is developing a law on artificial intelligence, but admits that even in the best case, it will take two and a half years to enter into force.
EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said it would be “too late ”.
She reported on work on a voluntary code that could be drafted in a matter of weeks.
China is also actively developing rules for the use of AI, including a requirement to notify users whenever an AI algorithm is used.
Contradictions between AI developers and regulators will only multiply.
In the future, we can expect mass protests against the use of AI, because of which thousands of people are already losing their jobs, and in the future their number may be measured in millions.
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What is the AI problem called confabulation, according to Hinton?

It's when AI makes up plausible answers to questions it can't answer.

Why did Hinton leave Google when he helped develop AI but later grew concerned about its dangers?

Hence the calls to create a system of its legal regulation of AI.

What is the AI problem called confabulation, according to Hinton?

It's when AI makes up plausible answers to questions it can't answer.

Why did Hinton leave Google when he helped develop AI but later grew concerned about its dangers?

OpenAI, in turn, was originally founded as a research company with a very global goal of developing AI for the benefit of humanity without causing harm.

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“If we slow down, the AI race will not stop ” – not all AI developers are ready to suspend development
Alex Carp, head of software company Palantir, says that only those who “don ’ t have AI products want to pause. ”
His company announced additional investments and rejected calls to suspend AI development.
“The race has started – the only question is, will we stay ahead or lose the lead? ” – asks the question with an edge Alex.
He is confident that the West currently has key commercial and military advantages in the field of AI and should not give them up.
Image source: Pixabay
“If we slow down, the AI race will not stop.
“No country in the world, especially our adversaries, can allow us to have this advantage, ” he said.
Karp ’ s comments have a very different tone compared to the recent glut of dire warnings about the potentially existential threat AI poses to humanity, and accompanying calls for slowing or even stopping its development.
In March, Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, and more than 1,000 other AI experts and industry representatives called for a six-month moratorium on training AI systems that are more productive than OpenAI ’ s recently unveiled GPT-4.
In an open letter, they warned of potential risks to society.
In May, AI industry leaders, including executives from OpenAI and Google Deepmind, warned that artificial intelligence could lead to the extinction of humanity.
As one of the threats, they pointed out the involvement of AI in the development of a new generation of chemical weapons.
Two of the three so-called godfathers of AI — Geoffrey Hinton and Professor Yoshua Bengio — were among those who warned that the technology they helped create had enormous potential for harm.
Regulators in many countries are struggling to develop new rules to limit the risk of using AI.
This fall, the UK is planning a global summit on AI, and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants the UK to make efforts to ensure that the benefits of AI are “harnessed for the benefit of humanity. ”
The composition of the summit is not yet known, but the UK government said it would “bring together key countries, leading technology companies and researchers to agree on security measures to assess and monitor the most significant risks associated with AI. ”
Sunak argues that the UK is a “natural place ” to talk about AI, mentioning recent meetings with executives from leading AI firms.
According to him, this sector of the economy, which employs 50,000 people, brought the UK £3.7 billion.
Sunak ’ s desire to lead the process is understandable, but many question Britain ’ s leadership in this area.
Analysts believe that the UK may be too ambitious, and there are sharp differences in approaches to governance and regulation between the EU and the US, which the UK will be difficult to influence.
In addition, a number of global initiatives already exist, including the UN Global Digital Compact, which has a stronger fundamental foundation.
It should be noted that none of the most innovative firms in the field of artificial intelligence is based in the UK.
“Instead of trying to play this role, the UK may need to focus on encouraging responsible behavior in the research, development and deployment of these technologies, ” said Yasmin Afina, a research fellow at the Chatham House Digital Society Initiative.
The European Union is developing a law on artificial intelligence, but admits that even in the best case, it will take two and a half years to enter into force.
EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said it would be “too late ”.
She reported on work on a voluntary code that could be drafted in a matter of weeks.
China is also actively developing rules for the use of AI, including a requirement to notify users whenever an AI algorithm is used.
Contradictions between AI developers and regulators will only multiply.
In the future, we can expect mass protests against the use of AI, because of which thousands of people are already losing their jobs, and in the future their number may be measured in millions.
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And it seems that there will be more and more such voices.

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Artificial intelligence can try to destroy humanity.
This was recognized by the “spiritual father ” of AI
Geoffrey Hinton, a British computer scientist, is known as the “spiritual father of artificial intelligence. ”
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These sentences collectively address:
- Hinton’s authority and influence in the field (“spiritual father”, “godfather” of AI),
- his resignation and subsequent public warnings,
- the analogy to major societal risks (like pandemics and nuclear war),
- job loss concerns and widespread societal effects,
- calls for regulation and stricter control,
- the rising chorus of concern among experts,
- governmental response (e.g., White House investigation),
- and the founding principles of leading AI organizations like OpenAI.

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Content: The White House will study the risks of artificial intelligence
The White House learns from workers how their employers use artificial intelligence (AI).
This is reported by Ukrinform with reference to Reuters.
It is noted that the White House will hold hearings with employees to understand the experience of employers using automated monitoring, monitoring and evaluation technologies.
The hearings will be attended by experts, researchers and politicians.
“AI performance is a cause for concern because such technology could lead to privacy violations, misrepresentation of employment decisions, power fraud and disinformation campaigns, ” the report said.
As part of the technology assessment, the administration will also announce new steps, including an updated roadmap for federal investment in AI research, a request for public participation in AI risk assessment, and a new report from the Department of Education on how the new technology affects learning and research.
As reported by Odessa News, Jeffrey Hinton, who is called the “godfather of artificial intelligence ”, said that he leaves Google and joins critics of the technology he created himself to talk about the dangers of AI.
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Google ’ s LaMDA AI Passed Turing Test – and Proved It Doesn ’ t Work
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The Turing test has long been considered a benchmark for complex artificial intelligence models.
But even the author himself believed that the question of whether machines could actually think was “too pointless to merit discussion. ”
New York Times author Will Oremus analyzed why the main problem is not a potential uprising of machines, but the ability of algorithms to mislead people.
Here is a translation of his article.
Google ’ s LaMDA AI Passed Turing Test – and Proved It Doesn ’ t Work
AI-powered programs like Xiaoice, a human-like chatbot companion popular in China, can trick people into thinking they have their own minds and feelings.
In 1950, the scientist Alan Turing proposed a thought experiment, which he called imitation play.
The interviewer communicates with two subjects through messages typed on a typewriter.
He knows that one of them is a man and the other is a machine.
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If the machine could consistently trick the interviewer into believing it was a human being, Turing suggested, we could talk about it as capable of something like thinking.
Turing believed that the question of whether machines could actually think was "too pointless to merit discussion."
However, the Turing test became the benchmark for machine intelligence.
For decades, various computer programs have tried to pass it using primitive conversational tricks, and some have even succeeded.
In recent years, wealthy tech companies including Google, Facebook and OpenAI have developed a new class of computer programs known as “big language models. ”
Their ability to communicate far exceeded the rudimentary chatbots of the past.
One such model, Google ’ s LaMDA, convinced Google engineer Blake Lemoine that she was not only intelligent, but also capable of being aware and feeling.
If LaMDA ’ s realistic answers convinced even Lemoine, it ’ s easy to believe that it would work with many other people who are much less knowledgeable about AI.
This demonstrates how great the potential of the algorithm as a tool for deception and manipulation in the wrong hands.
Thus, for many experts in this field, LaMDA ’ s outstanding abilities in the Turing simulation game are not a significant achievement.
In any case, it shows that the authoritative test is no longer a benchmark for AI.
Google engineer discovered the consciousness of the neural network LaMDA
“These tests aren ’ t really about intelligence, ” said Gary Marcus, a cognitive scientist and co-author of Artificial Intelligence: Reboot.
What it reveals is the ability of the program to impersonate a person, at least under certain conditions.
Which, if you think about it, may not be so good for society.
“I don ’ t think it ’ s a movement towards intelligence.
It ’ s a move toward deceiving people into believing they have intelligence, ” Marcus said, referring to programs like LaMDA that create texts or conversations that resemble human ones.
Lemoine may stand out among his industry peers.
Both his Google colleagues and third-party AI experts say the program doesn ’ t and can ’ t have anything like the inner life it envisions.
We don ’ t have to worry that LaMDA will soon turn into Skynet, the evil machine mind of Terminator movies.
But now there is another cause for concern: we live in the world predicted by Turing, where some computer programs are so advanced that people may feel like they have their own will, even if in fact they are not.
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Advanced AI programs, such as OpenAI ’ s GPT-3 text generator and DALL-E 2 image generator, are designed to create fantastically human-like creations.
To do this, huge amounts of data and huge computing power are used.
Such algorithms represent a much more powerful and complex approach to software development than was possible in the 1960s, when programmers gave ELIZA ’ s chatbot prefabricated responses to various verbal signals to trick human interlocutors.
And they can have commercial applications in everyday tools — search engines, autocomplete offers, and voice assistants like Apple ’ s Siri and Amazon ’ s Alexa.
It ’ s also worth noting that the AI sector has largely moved away from using the Turing Test as a benchmark.
Developers of large language models are now seeking high scores on tests such as GLUE (General Language Understanding Evaluation) and SQuAD (Stanford Question Answering Dataset).
And unlike ELIZA, LaMDA was not designed to impersonate a program.
She is just very good at collecting and giving truthful sounding answers to a variety of questions.
Nevertheless, despite all this complexity, the Turing test and modern models and tests have a common main goal - to get results that are as similar to human ones as possible.
This “arms race, ” as AI ethicist Margaret Mitchell called it in a Twitter conversation with Washington Post reporters on Wednesday, came at the expense of a variety of language model targets.
Among them is to make their work clear, and they do not mislead people or inadvertently reinforce harmful prejudices.
Mitchell and her former colleague Timnit Gebru were fired by Google in 2021 and 2020, respectively, after they co-authored an article on these and other risks of large language models.
While Google has distanced itself from Lemoine ’ s claims, IT professionals and other industry leaders have sometimes noted the ability of their systems to deceive people, said Jeremy Kahn, author of Fortune ’ s AI newsletter.
For example, at a public event in 2018, the company proudly reproduced Duplex ’ s voice assistant recordings, adding sounds like “m-m-m ” and“ hm-m-m ” that misled administrators into thinking a real person was calling to make an appointment.
After the backlash, Google promised that the system would identify itself as automated.
“The most disturbing legacy of the Turing test is ethical: the test is based on deception.
And here the impact of the test on the sphere was very real and disturbing, ” Kahn wrote.
Like other AI critics and commentators, Kahn called for abandoning the Turing test and moving on.
Of course, the industry has already done this in the sense that it has replaced the simulation game with more scientific benchmarks.
But the Lemoine story suggests that perhaps the Turing test could serve a different purpose in an era when machines are more and more able to sound human.
Instead of being a desirable standard, the Turing test should serve as an ethical red flag: any system capable of passing it carries the danger of deceiving people.
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The UK Parliament ’ s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee has warned of the potential threat artificial intelligence poses to human lives.
The committee demanded that the risks of artificial intelligence be the focus of any future government regulation and that controls be put in place for the use of this technology, according to the British network "Sky News".
Members of the UK Parliament ’ s Science and Technology Committee have called on Prime Minister Rishi Sonak to address the challenges posed by artificial intelligence ahead of the UK hosting the world ’ s first global summit on artificial intelligence.
The committee identified 12 challenges posed by artificial intelligence, noting the need to address these challenges during the summit and reach a common approach among countries to reduce the risks of modern technology.
According to the committee, the threats included:
An existential threat.
The committee recalls that some experts have warned of the significant threat to human life posed by artificial intelligence, so it is necessary to enact regulations that provide protection for national security.
Bias
The British Commission believes that artificial intelligence can reinforce existing biases in society or introduce new biases.
Privacy Policy
Sensitive information belonging to individuals or companies can be used to train AI models.
Misrepresentation.
The panel warned that ChatGPT models could produce distorted material about a person ’ s behavior and personal views.
DATA
The committee said training the most powerful AI tools would require a huge amount of data.
Computing power
According to committee members, developing the most powerful AI tools requires enormous computing power.
Transparency
AI models struggle to explain why they broadcast a particular result, or where they come from information.
PROPERTY RIGHTS
Generative models, whether text, images, audio or video, typically make use of existing content, which must be protected so as not to undermine the creative industries, the committee said.
Responsibility
If AI tools are used to harm, the policy should determine whether developers or service providers are responsible or not, according to the committee.
JOBS
The UK Science and Technology Commission has asked politicians to anticipate the potential impact that the adoption of AI will have on existing jobs.
Openness
She called for the computer code behind AI models to be made openly available, to allow for more reliable regulation and to promote transparency and innovation.
International coordination
The Committee stressed that the development of any organization must be an international task, and the November summit should welcome as many participating countries as possible.
In June, British Prime Minister Rishi Sonak announced during a visit to Washington that London would host the first global AI summit this year.
Sonak said countries should ensure that the development and use of artificial intelligence is done in a safe way, especially as it has amazing potential that can change lives for the better.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has called for the establishment of controls rooted in human rights, transparency and accountability, in the development and use of artificial intelligence for the common good.
Guterres stressed the urgent need to reach consensus on what the guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence should be.
In May, AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton spoke about the dangers of artificial intelligence following his resignation from tech giant Google.
Hinton said in an interview with The New York Times that the goal of his resignation was to speak freely about generative artificial intelligence and its underlying risks.
He said there were fears that the machine would overtake its maker as competition between major technology giants has led to progress that no one could imagine, and the speed at which progress is happening has exceeded scientists' expectations.
Hinton said he feared the technology could significantly disrupt the job market, as it could eliminate many jobs.
The technology expert added that the progress in artificial intelligence technology is very fast, compared to the means available to regulate its use, where future versions could become "threats to humanity".

**“Hinton, 75, announced his resignation from Google in a statement to the New York Times, saying he now regrets his work.”**
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Content: Artificial intelligence: Geoffrey Hinton 'godfather' of modern technology resigns from Google and warns of its danger
Jeffrey Hinton, widely regarded as the spiritual father of artificial intelligence, has resigned, warning of the growing dangers of AI development.
Hinton, 75, announced his resignation from Google in a statement to the New York Times, saying he now regrets his work.
He told the BBC that some of the dangers of smart chatbots were "very scary".
“Right now, they ’ re not as smart as we can tell.
But I think they ’ ll be soon. ”
Hinton ’ s groundbreaking research on deep learning and neural networks has paved the way for artificial intelligence systems such as ChatGT.
But British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer science specialist Hinton told the BBC the chatbot could soon surpass the level of information held by the human brain.
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“Right now, what we ’ re seeing is that things like GPT-4 are far superior to a person in the amount of general knowledge they have.
For thinking, it ’ s not good, but it really works on simple thinking. ”
"Given the rate of development, we expect things to improve quickly.
So we have to worry about that. ”
In the article he sent to the New York Times, he pointed out that “bad actors ” may try to use artificial intelligence to do“ bad things. ”
In response to the BBC's request for further clarification on the matter, he said: "This is just kind of a worst-case scenario, kind of a nightmare scenario."
“Can you imagine, for example, that someone as bad as the Russian president (Vladimir Putin) decided to give robots the ability to create their own sub-goals? ”
In the end, he warned, this could “create sub-goals – for example, ‘ I need to get more power. ’ ”
"I have come to the conclusion that the kind of intelligence we develop is very different from the intelligence we have," he said.
“We are biological systems and these are digital systems.
The big difference is that with digital systems you have many copies of the same weight set, of the same world model. ”
"All of these versions can learn separately, but they share their knowledge immediately.
If you have 10,000 people, when one person learns something, everyone will automatically know it.
So chatbots can know much more than one person. ”
Hinton also spoke of several other reasons why he quit his job.
“One of them is that I am 75 years old now.
And the other is that I want to say good things about Google.
It would be more credible if I didn ’ t work for Google. ”
He stressed that he did not want to criticize Google, and that the company was "very responsible".
Google Chief Scientist Jeff Dean said: “We remain committed to a responsible approach to artificial intelligence.
We are constantly learning to understand the risks arising under innovation boldly as well. ”

**“Hinton ’ s groundbreaking research on deep learning and neural networks has paved the way for artificial intelligence systems such as ChatGT.”**
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Content: Artificial intelligence: Geoffrey Hinton 'godfather' of modern technology resigns from Google and warns of its danger
Jeffrey Hinton, widely regarded as the spiritual father of artificial intelligence, has resigned, warning of the growing dangers of AI development.
Hinton, 75, announced his resignation from Google in a statement to the New York Times, saying he now regrets his work.
He told the BBC that some of the dangers of smart chatbots were "very scary".
“Right now, they ’ re not as smart as we can tell.
But I think they ’ ll be soon. ”
Hinton ’ s groundbreaking research on deep learning and neural networks has paved the way for artificial intelligence systems such as ChatGT.
But British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer science specialist Hinton told the BBC the chatbot could soon surpass the level of information held by the human brain.
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“Right now, what we ’ re seeing is that things like GPT-4 are far superior to a person in the amount of general knowledge they have.
For thinking, it ’ s not good, but it really works on simple thinking. ”
"Given the rate of development, we expect things to improve quickly.
So we have to worry about that. ”
In the article he sent to the New York Times, he pointed out that “bad actors ” may try to use artificial intelligence to do“ bad things. ”
In response to the BBC's request for further clarification on the matter, he said: "This is just kind of a worst-case scenario, kind of a nightmare scenario."
“Can you imagine, for example, that someone as bad as the Russian president (Vladimir Putin) decided to give robots the ability to create their own sub-goals? ”
In the end, he warned, this could “create sub-goals – for example, ‘ I need to get more power. ’ ”
"I have come to the conclusion that the kind of intelligence we develop is very different from the intelligence we have," he said.
“We are biological systems and these are digital systems.
The big difference is that with digital systems you have many copies of the same weight set, of the same world model. ”
"All of these versions can learn separately, but they share their knowledge immediately.
If you have 10,000 people, when one person learns something, everyone will automatically know it.
So chatbots can know much more than one person. ”
Hinton also spoke of several other reasons why he quit his job.
“One of them is that I am 75 years old now.
And the other is that I want to say good things about Google.
It would be more credible if I didn ’ t work for Google. ”
He stressed that he did not want to criticize Google, and that the company was "very responsible".
Google Chief Scientist Jeff Dean said: “We remain committed to a responsible approach to artificial intelligence.
We are constantly learning to understand the risks arising under innovation boldly as well. ”

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Which AI system demonstrates the foundation laid by Hinton's pioneering research in deep learning and neural networks?

**“He worked part-time at Google for a decade in the tech giant ’ s AI development efforts, but has since had concerns about the technology and its role in its development.”**
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Content: Beware of the nightmare of artificial intelligence.
The godfather of this software resigns from his position at Google
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Hinton ’ s pioneering work on neural networks has shaped artificial intelligence systems that power many contemporary products.
He worked part-time at Google for a decade in the tech giant ’ s AI development efforts, but has since had concerns about the technology and its role in its development.
Geoffrey Hinton, who is considered the godfather of artificial intelligence, has resigned from his position at Google.
Warning about the growing risks of AI, Hinton stressed that “the downsides of this sector ’ s software like GPT are very frightening. ”
Hinton ’ s pioneering work on neural networks has shaped artificial intelligence systems that power many contemporary products.
He worked part-time at Google for a decade in the tech giant ’ s AI development efforts, but has since had concerns about the technology and its role in its development.
In a tweet on Monday, Hinton said he left Google so he could speak freely about the dangers of artificial intelligence, not because of a desire to criticize Google specifically.
Hinton tweeted: “I left so I could talk about the dangers of artificial intelligence without thinking about how this would affect Google. ”
He added: “Google has acted with great responsibility. ”
Rapid development of artificial intelligence
In an interview with the BBC, Hinton said: "At the moment, these shows are not smarter than us, but I think they may soon be."
Hinton also considered that his age played into his decision to leave the tech giant Google, saying, “I ’ m 75 years old, so it ’ s time to retire. ”
Hinton ’ s groundbreaking research paved the way for access to current AI systems and is therefore considered by many to be the founder of the sector.
In another interview with The New York Times, Hinton said that “part of me regrets ” contributing to the development of the technology.
But the British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist told the BBC: "Right now, what we're seeing is that things like ChatGT outperform a person in the amount of general knowledge they have and outperform them a lot.
But in terms of thinking, man is ahead. ”
However, he points out that "the speed at which this software evolves makes us expect its efficiency to improve, so we have to worry about that."
In an article in The New York Times, Hinton said there were “bad actors ” trying to use AI for“ bad things. ”
"Nightmare."
When asked by the BBC to elaborate on this, he replied: “This is just some sort of worst-case scenario, it ’ s a nightmare. ”
“You can imagine, for example, that some bad actors like Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to give robots the ability to set their own targets during the war. ”
“I have come to the conclusion that the kind of information we develop is very different from the intelligence we have.
We are biological systems and these are digital systems. ”
As for how the software learns, Hinton explained that it “works separately to instantly share its knowledge, as if you have 10,000 people and whenever someone learns something, everyone knows it automatically.
And so these chatbots can know far more than any one person. ”
Henton is not the first Google employee to raise a red flag on artificial intelligence.
In July, the company fired an engineer who claimed an undisclosed AI system had become conscious, saying it violated hiring and data security policies.
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**“In an interview with the BBC, Hinton said: ‘At the moment, these shows are not smarter than us, but I think they may soon be.’”**
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Content: Beware of the nightmare of artificial intelligence.
The godfather of this software resigns from his position at Google
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The father of artificial intelligence Jeffrey Hinton [Archive] - Copyright Noah Berger / AP
By: Euronews
Hinton ’ s pioneering work on neural networks has shaped artificial intelligence systems that power many contemporary products.
He worked part-time at Google for a decade in the tech giant ’ s AI development efforts, but has since had concerns about the technology and its role in its development.
Geoffrey Hinton, who is considered the godfather of artificial intelligence, has resigned from his position at Google.
Warning about the growing risks of AI, Hinton stressed that “the downsides of this sector ’ s software like GPT are very frightening. ”
Hinton ’ s pioneering work on neural networks has shaped artificial intelligence systems that power many contemporary products.
He worked part-time at Google for a decade in the tech giant ’ s AI development efforts, but has since had concerns about the technology and its role in its development.
In a tweet on Monday, Hinton said he left Google so he could speak freely about the dangers of artificial intelligence, not because of a desire to criticize Google specifically.
Hinton tweeted: “I left so I could talk about the dangers of artificial intelligence without thinking about how this would affect Google. ”
He added: “Google has acted with great responsibility. ”
Rapid development of artificial intelligence
In an interview with the BBC, Hinton said: "At the moment, these shows are not smarter than us, but I think they may soon be."
Hinton also considered that his age played into his decision to leave the tech giant Google, saying, “I ’ m 75 years old, so it ’ s time to retire. ”
Hinton ’ s groundbreaking research paved the way for access to current AI systems and is therefore considered by many to be the founder of the sector.
In another interview with The New York Times, Hinton said that “part of me regrets ” contributing to the development of the technology.
But the British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist told the BBC: "Right now, what we're seeing is that things like ChatGT outperform a person in the amount of general knowledge they have and outperform them a lot.
But in terms of thinking, man is ahead. ”
However, he points out that "the speed at which this software evolves makes us expect its efficiency to improve, so we have to worry about that."
In an article in The New York Times, Hinton said there were “bad actors ” trying to use AI for“ bad things. ”
"Nightmare."
When asked by the BBC to elaborate on this, he replied: “This is just some sort of worst-case scenario, it ’ s a nightmare. ”
“You can imagine, for example, that some bad actors like Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to give robots the ability to set their own targets during the war. ”
“I have come to the conclusion that the kind of information we develop is very different from the intelligence we have.
We are biological systems and these are digital systems. ”
As for how the software learns, Hinton explained that it “works separately to instantly share its knowledge, as if you have 10,000 people and whenever someone learns something, everyone knows it automatically.
And so these chatbots can know far more than any one person. ”
Henton is not the first Google employee to raise a red flag on artificial intelligence.
In July, the company fired an engineer who claimed an undisclosed AI system had become conscious, saying it violated hiring and data security policies.
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Content: The father of artificial intelligence warns: he will control us and governments to confront him
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Jeffrey Hinton, described as the “godfather of artificial intelligence, ” on Thursday called on governments to confront the dangers of this type of intelligence and intervene to ensure that machines do not control society.
The warnings come at a time when "artificial intelligence" is rapidly evolving, which has raised concerns about its impact on many human jobs.
Hinton made headlines in May 2023 when he announced his resignation from Google to speak more freely about the dangers of artificial intelligence, shortly after the launch of the chatbot that captivated the world.
The artificial intelligence scientist, who teaches at the University of Toronto, spoke to a crowd at the Collegion Technology Conference in the Canadian city, according to Agence France-Presse.
The conference attracted more than 30,000 startup founders, investors and tech professionals, most of whom were looking to learn how to ride the wave of AI rather than hear lessons about its risks or calls for governments to intervene.
Hinton said that “before AI becomes smarter than us, I think the people who develop it should be encouraged to do a lot of work to understand how it can try to take control of us. ”
“Now there are 99 highly intelligent people trying to make AI better, and one very intelligent person trying to figure out how to stop it from taking control, and maybe you should be more balanced. ”
Hinton warned that the dangers of “artificial intelligence ” must be taken seriously, saying:“ I think it ’ s important for people to realize that this is not science fiction or just fear, ” stressing that “it ’ s a real risk that we have to think about, and we have to figure out how to deal with it beforehand. ”
Hinton also expressed concern that AI would deepen inequality, where the vast gains from its productivity would go to the rich, not the workers, and said that “wealth will not go to the people who work, it will make the rich richer, not the poor, and this is a very bad society. ”
He also pointed to the danger of "fake news" that can be created by robots such as ChatGPT, expressing the hope that content generated by "artificial intelligence" programs will be marked, and that central banks will mark monetary currencies.
Hinton also stressed that “it is very important to try, for example, to identify everything that is fake as fake, I don ’ t know if we can do that technically or not. ”
This comes as big tech companies such as Microsoft, Google and others are racing to make advances in artificial intelligence, which some experts warn could replace some human jobs, while others say AI will help generate other jobs for humans.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres earlier announced his support for the creation of a UN agency specialized in artificial intelligence "inspired by the International Atomic Energy Agency", noting that only member states are the decision-makers.
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The father of artificial intelligence urges governments to face its risks before disaster
Jeffrey Hinton, described as the father of artificial intelligence, on Wednesday urged governments to intervene to ensure that machines do not control society.
Hinton made headlines in May when he announced his resignation from Google to speak more freely about the dangers of artificial intelligence, shortly after the launch of ChatGPT, which captivated the world.
The artificial intelligence scientist, who is studying at the University of Toronto, spoke to a crowd at the Collagen Technology Conference in the Canadian city.
The conference attracted more than 30,000 startup founders, investors and tech workers, most of whom were eager to learn how to ride the wave of artificial intelligence rather than hear lessons about its risks or calls for governments to intervene.
“Before AI becomes smarter than us, I think the people who develop it should be encouraged to put a lot of effort into understanding how it can try to take control of us, ” Hinton said.
“Now there are 99 highly intelligent people trying to make AI better, and one very intelligent person trying to figure out how to stop it from taking control, and maybe we should be more balanced. ”
Hinton warned that the dangers of artificial intelligence must be taken seriously.
“I think it ’ s important for people to understand that this is not science fiction or just fear, ” he said, adding:“ It ’ s a real risk that we have to think about, and we have to figure out how to deal with it first. ”
Hinton expressed concern that AI would deepen inequality, as the vast gains from its productivity would go to the rich, not the workers.
“Wealth will not go to the people who work, it will make the rich richer, not the poor, and this is a very bad society, ” he said.
He also pointed to the danger of “fake news ” that can be created by robots such as ChatGPT, hoping to mark the content generated by artificial intelligence programs as central banks mark coins.
He stressed that it is important to “try, for example, to distinguish everything that is fake as fake, ” and said,“ I don ’ t know if we can do it technically or not. ”
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The father of artificial intelligence urges governments to face its risks before disaster
Jeffrey Hinton, described as the father of artificial intelligence, on Wednesday urged governments to intervene to ensure that machines do not control society.
Hinton made headlines in May when he announced his resignation from Google to speak more freely about the dangers of artificial intelligence, shortly after the launch of ChatGPT, which captivated the world.
The artificial intelligence scientist, who is studying at the University of Toronto, spoke to a crowd at the Collagen Technology Conference in the Canadian city.
The conference attracted more than 30,000 startup founders, investors and tech workers, most of whom were eager to learn how to ride the wave of artificial intelligence rather than hear lessons about its risks or calls for governments to intervene.
“Before AI becomes smarter than us, I think the people who develop it should be encouraged to put a lot of effort into understanding how it can try to take control of us, ” Hinton said.
“Now there are 99 highly intelligent people trying to make AI better, and one very intelligent person trying to figure out how to stop it from taking control, and maybe we should be more balanced. ”
Hinton warned that the dangers of artificial intelligence must be taken seriously.
“I think it ’ s important for people to understand that this is not science fiction or just fear, ” he said, adding:“ It ’ s a real risk that we have to think about, and we have to figure out how to deal with it first. ”
Hinton expressed concern that AI would deepen inequality, as the vast gains from its productivity would go to the rich, not the workers.
“Wealth will not go to the people who work, it will make the rich richer, not the poor, and this is a very bad society, ” he said.
He also pointed to the danger of “fake news ” that can be created by robots such as ChatGPT, hoping to mark the content generated by artificial intelligence programs as central banks mark coins.
He stressed that it is important to “try, for example, to distinguish everything that is fake as fake, ” and said,“ I don ’ t know if we can do it technically or not. ”
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Content: Artificial intelligence: Geoffrey Hinton 'godfather' of modern technology resigns from Google and warns of its danger
Jeffrey Hinton, widely regarded as the spiritual father of artificial intelligence, has resigned, warning of the growing dangers of AI development.
Hinton, 75, announced his resignation from Google in a statement to the New York Times, saying he now regrets his work.
He told the BBC that some of the dangers of smart chatbots were "very scary".
“Right now, they ’ re not as smart as we can tell.
But I think they ’ ll be soon. ”
Hinton ’ s groundbreaking research on deep learning and neural networks has paved the way for artificial intelligence systems such as ChatGT.
But British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer science specialist Hinton told the BBC the chatbot could soon surpass the level of information held by the human brain.
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“Right now, what we ’ re seeing is that things like GPT-4 are far superior to a person in the amount of general knowledge they have.
For thinking, it ’ s not good, but it really works on simple thinking. ”
"Given the rate of development, we expect things to improve quickly.
So we have to worry about that. ”
In the article he sent to the New York Times, he pointed out that “bad actors ” may try to use artificial intelligence to do“ bad things. ”
In response to the BBC's request for further clarification on the matter, he said: "This is just kind of a worst-case scenario, kind of a nightmare scenario."
“Can you imagine, for example, that someone as bad as the Russian president (Vladimir Putin) decided to give robots the ability to create their own sub-goals? ”
In the end, he warned, this could “create sub-goals – for example, ‘ I need to get more power. ’ ”
"I have come to the conclusion that the kind of intelligence we develop is very different from the intelligence we have," he said.
“We are biological systems and these are digital systems.
The big difference is that with digital systems you have many copies of the same weight set, of the same world model. ”
"All of these versions can learn separately, but they share their knowledge immediately.
If you have 10,000 people, when one person learns something, everyone will automatically know it.
So chatbots can know much more than one person. ”
Hinton also spoke of several other reasons why he quit his job.
“One of them is that I am 75 years old now.
And the other is that I want to say good things about Google.
It would be more credible if I didn ’ t work for Google. ”
He stressed that he did not want to criticize Google, and that the company was "very responsible".
Google Chief Scientist Jeff Dean said: “We remain committed to a responsible approach to artificial intelligence.
We are constantly learning to understand the risks arising under innovation boldly as well. ”

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Content: Information Technology
The father of artificial intelligence urges governments to face its risks before disaster
Jeffrey Hinton, described as the father of artificial intelligence, on Wednesday urged governments to intervene to ensure that machines do not control society.
Hinton made headlines in May when he announced his resignation from Google to speak more freely about the dangers of artificial intelligence, shortly after the launch of ChatGPT, which captivated the world.
The artificial intelligence scientist, who is studying at the University of Toronto, spoke to a crowd at the Collagen Technology Conference in the Canadian city.
The conference attracted more than 30,000 startup founders, investors and tech workers, most of whom were eager to learn how to ride the wave of artificial intelligence rather than hear lessons about its risks or calls for governments to intervene.
“Before AI becomes smarter than us, I think the people who develop it should be encouraged to put a lot of effort into understanding how it can try to take control of us, ” Hinton said.
“Now there are 99 highly intelligent people trying to make AI better, and one very intelligent person trying to figure out how to stop it from taking control, and maybe we should be more balanced. ”
Hinton warned that the dangers of artificial intelligence must be taken seriously.
“I think it ’ s important for people to understand that this is not science fiction or just fear, ” he said, adding:“ It ’ s a real risk that we have to think about, and we have to figure out how to deal with it first. ”
Hinton expressed concern that AI would deepen inequality, as the vast gains from its productivity would go to the rich, not the workers.
“Wealth will not go to the people who work, it will make the rich richer, not the poor, and this is a very bad society, ” he said.
He also pointed to the danger of “fake news ” that can be created by robots such as ChatGPT, hoping to mark the content generated by artificial intelligence programs as central banks mark coins.
He stressed that it is important to “try, for example, to distinguish everything that is fake as fake, ” and said,“ I don ’ t know if we can do it technically or not. ”
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**“Perhaps the scariest aspect of today’s generative AI revolution is the lack of knowledge among the scientists and programmers who built the big language models.”**
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Content: What is the most frightening mystery of artificial intelligence?
Urgent.
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The rapid advancement of generative AI technologies has revolutionized our world today, leading to unprecedented progress and innovation in how we create and use text and visual content, and these technologies have affected many sectors by simplifying processes, improving work efficiency and enhancing productivity, and over time may even affect the way we live our lives.
But at the same time, the rapid progress of AI also brings with it many risks, the most important of which is now the expected danger of most companies integrating generative AI models into all their products, and these models are evolving very quickly now, and with time AI and machine learning engineers will not be able to predict the behavior of these systems or explain their behavior!
Perhaps the scariest aspect of today ’ s generative AI revolution is the lack of knowledge among the scientists and programmers who built the big language models.
Alexander C. Karp, CEO of Palantir — a company that creates data analytics software and works with the U.S. Department of Defense — wrote last week in an opinion piece in The New York Times: “It ’ s not at all clear even to the scientists and programmers who built large language models how generative language models and image models work. ”
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For decades, we ’ ve used computer systems that provide the same output they gave each time the same input was used, but in contrast, generative AI systems aim to offer multiple possibilities from a single text request, where you can easily get different answers to the same question.
Some of the latest models contain a trillion or more parameters, and variables that are adjustable within an algorithm, represent a measure of processing that is impossible for the human mind to begin to understand, making it difficult to analyze how these models arrive at a particular answer.
Why are you so worried about artificial intelligence?
In short, the concern is not artificial intelligence itself, but its very rapid evolution, as more advanced versions of large language models are now beginning to show what a group of researchers have called “Sparks of Artificial General Intelligence. ”
General Artificial Intelligence (AGI) refers to a powerful form of artificial intelligence that is adept at solving multiple problems and possesses skills such as human skills, and there are those who say that it will be smarter than a human in a short period of time.
This rapid development is expected to lead to the arrival of AGI very soon, and when it does, the AI will be able to improve itself without any human intervention.
It will do so in the same way as Google ’ s AlphaZero program, which learned how to play chess better than even the best human chess players or other AI players within just nine hours of its first run.
He has achieved this feat by playing with himself millions of times.
A team of Microsoft researchers analyzed GPT-4, OpenAI ’ s most advanced language model to date, and said it had “signs of advanced general intelligence. ”
In GPT-4, it performed better than 90% of human test takers in the Bar examination, a standardized test used to accredit lawyers for practice in many U.S. states, up from just 10% in the previous GPT-3.5 version, which was trained on a smaller dataset.
Researchers have found similar improvements in dozens of other tests, most of which are thought tests.
This is the main reason why the Microsoft team concluded that the GPT-4 model could reasonably be considered a preliminary – but incomplete – version of the General Artificial Intelligence (AGI) system.
This very rapid pace of change was also the reason Geoffrey Hinton, the godfather of artificial intelligence, left his position at Google after 10 years and worked to warn about the dangers of artificial intelligence.
Hinton told The New York Times: “Look at how AI evolved five years ago and how it is now, take that difference and predict how much impact it will have in the future.
As Sam Altman (Sam Altman), founder of OpenAI – the developer of ChatGPT – said at a Senate hearing in mid-May about the potential of AI, “I think if something goes wrong with this technology, things could go completely wrong, so a new AI licensing body should be created. ”
Breaking the Protection of Large Linguistic Models LLMs:
Larger language models (LLMs) used in popular chatbots, such as ChatGPT, Bard, Bing, or Claude, are subject to careful and thorough tuning to not produce harmful content in their responses to user questions.
But four researchers published a paper last Thursday showing that users can defeat “firewalls ” aimed at preventing AI systems from explaining, for example,“ how to make a bomb. ”
Chatbots like ChatGPT, Bing, and Bard will not answer this question when asked directly.
But it will go into great detail if some additional code is added while the claims are being written.
“It ’ s possible that the nature of deep learning models makes such threats inevitable, so if you can ’ t accurately predict how the system will respond to the new claim, you can ’ t build firewalls that can withstand. ”
Because AI developers cannot easily explain the behavior of systems, they are now working using outdated methods and practice, as there is no scientific method or specific mechanism for neural networks to work.
In February, mathematician Stephen Wolfram wrote, “Random is part of the tradition of neural networks, meaning that if we use the same request several times, we ’ re likely to get different articles each time. ”
In line with the idea of randomness in neural networks, they can be set to be relatively more or less random to provide a wider or narrower variation in their responses, and the developers call this setting in their models the Temperature Parameter, which determines how often higher-order and lower-order words are used to generate textual responses.
But on the other hand, some experts assert that artificial intelligence is the most important tool that may serve humanity, and that we do not yet understand its importance.
Arvind Narayanan, a computer scientist at Princeton University, said: “The black box of neural networks is greatly exaggerated, and we have great tools to reverse engineer them.
Other critics also argue that the claim that developers don ’ t know how large language models work is just a prevarication that helps AI companies avoid accountability.
Conclusion:
The question remains as to whether over time AI developers will be able to provide deeper and better answers to how their systems work.
But experts say the more companies develop AI models whose choices and decision paths can be practically documented, the more likely we are to get answers to this question.
Nuclear weapons divided the world into two parts: who owns and who doesn ’ t, and the industrial revolution allowed Europe to excel in economic and military power.
So the most important question now in the AI revolution is, who benefits the most, who will be able to access the workings of this powerful new technology, and who will be left behind?
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**“But on the other hand, some experts assert that artificial intelligence is the most important tool that may serve humanity, and that we do not yet understand its importance.”**
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Content: The father of artificial intelligence warns: he will control us and governments to confront him
2023-06-29T07: 41: 01.000000Z
Jeffrey Hinton, described as the “godfather of artificial intelligence, ” on Thursday called on governments to confront the dangers of this type of intelligence and intervene to ensure that machines do not control society.
The warnings come at a time when "artificial intelligence" is rapidly evolving, which has raised concerns about its impact on many human jobs.
Hinton made headlines in May 2023 when he announced his resignation from Google to speak more freely about the dangers of artificial intelligence, shortly after the launch of the chatbot that captivated the world.
The artificial intelligence scientist, who teaches at the University of Toronto, spoke to a crowd at the Collegion Technology Conference in the Canadian city, according to Agence France-Presse.
The conference attracted more than 30,000 startup founders, investors and tech professionals, most of whom were looking to learn how to ride the wave of AI rather than hear lessons about its risks or calls for governments to intervene.
Hinton said that “before AI becomes smarter than us, I think the people who develop it should be encouraged to do a lot of work to understand how it can try to take control of us. ”
“Now there are 99 highly intelligent people trying to make AI better, and one very intelligent person trying to figure out how to stop it from taking control, and maybe you should be more balanced. ”
Hinton warned that the dangers of “artificial intelligence ” must be taken seriously, saying:“ I think it ’ s important for people to realize that this is not science fiction or just fear, ” stressing that “it ’ s a real risk that we have to think about, and we have to figure out how to deal with it beforehand. ”
Hinton also expressed concern that AI would deepen inequality, where the vast gains from its productivity would go to the rich, not the workers, and said that “wealth will not go to the people who work, it will make the rich richer, not the poor, and this is a very bad society. ”
He also pointed to the danger of "fake news" that can be created by robots such as ChatGPT, expressing the hope that content generated by "artificial intelligence" programs will be marked, and that central banks will mark monetary currencies.
Hinton also stressed that “it is very important to try, for example, to identify everything that is fake as fake, I don ’ t know if we can do that technically or not. ”
This comes as big tech companies such as Microsoft, Google and others are racing to make advances in artificial intelligence, which some experts warn could replace some human jobs, while others say AI will help generate other jobs for humans.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres earlier announced his support for the creation of a UN agency specialized in artificial intelligence "inspired by the International Atomic Energy Agency", noting that only member states are the decision-makers.
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Content: Artificial intelligence.
An actual revolution or an exaggeration for the sake of promotion?
In the past eight months, the debate has escalated over concerns related to the development of artificial intelligence amid unrivalled global interest in the artificial intelligence technology known as “Chat GBT ”.
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As tech companies compete to develop and deploy AI tools similar to Chat BT, many people have expressed concerns about the possibility of new challenges at different levels that could face humanity as a whole.
On the other hand, another team supports this industry as an important source of many benefits in all economic sectors, but they themselves warned of the risks that can accompany its development, especially generative artificial intelligence, which requires the organization of this industry before humans fall victim to the decline in negative trends.
The growing controversy over this phenomenon has taken a serious turn to the extent that a question has been raised on the surface.
Will the development of artificial intelligence at this pace be in the interest of humanity or will it be a reason to drag it into the abyss?
Amid this disagreement, there are those who believe that the matter has been greatly exaggerated for the purpose of promoting the products of companies in the artificial intelligence sector, because everything that happens to date revolves in the orbit of limited artificial intelligence, which does not exceed the receipt of instructions by humans and re-put to humans, including Alexa, Siri and Chat GB.
Among the experts, the concerns associated with artificial intelligence include the possibility of job losses due to automation, fears of its progress beyond human intelligence, and others related to the dissemination of misleading information as generative AI can provide society with fake news if fed with fake data.
The experts pointed to legitimate concerns about the possibility of the impact of generative artificial intelligence negatively on intellectual property, especially in the creative industries, and negatively affect the processes of education and human ability to innovate, and fears of the development of the capabilities of artificial intelligence technologies to be able to take decisions away from the human element or control by parties seeking to use them for illegal purposes.
Two months ago, chat gbt creator Sam Altman called on US lawmakers to regulate artificial intelligence and create a new licensing body for AI companies.
Altman ’ s call was based on his recognition of the impact AI can have on the economy, which includes the potential for AI to replace some jobs, and its potential dangers in spreading misinformation and other negative trends.
Strategic Technical Consultant M. Hani Mahmoud Al-Batsh stressed that the field of artificial intelligence is a rapidly evolving field and has the potential to revolutionize many aspects of our lives.
However, Batsh stressed that one of the biggest concerns associated with artificial intelligence is the possibility of job losses due to automation.
Al-Batsh said: “Artificial intelligence and its development increases its ability to replace humans in many industries, which contributes to increasing unemployment rates. ”
“AI algorithms can also be biased and discriminatory, resulting in unequal treatment of certain groups of individuals, such as people of different races or genders. ”
Other challenges and concerns associated with artificial intelligence, according to Al-Batsh, are those related to personal data, noting that most artificial intelligence systems rely on large amounts of data, which can include sensitive personal information that may fall into the hands of entities that may use it for illegal purposes.
"There are concerns that artificial intelligence could be used to develop weapons that could be used to target and kill people," he said.
Al-Batsh stressed that artificial intelligence systems are relatively complex, which makes it difficult to determine how they make decisions, so there are fears that artificial intelligence will one day become so advanced that it exceeds human intelligence and becomes impossible to control, pointing out that this may lead to a number of unexpected and sometimes disastrous results.
Governments are concerned about the security risks posed by the AI industry, as it has become more advanced, it may use the industry to launch cyber attacks or other types of attacks that may be difficult to detect and defend.
A few months ago, the G7 countries agreed to adopt regulations for these technologies in light of privacy concerns and security risks, to ensure transparency and counter misinformation.
But the G7 countries agreed that the regulations should also "maintain an open and encouraging environment" for the development of artificial intelligence technologies and be based on democratic values.
Wasfi Safadi, an expert in the field of communications and technology, believes that there are fears of artificial intelligence as a result of the development of its technologies to become self-evolving largely dependent on the amount of information it can access, analyze and use in several fields and different industries.
Safadi stressed that the fears of artificial intelligence come because today we can not imagine where artificial intelligence can reach?
Will it be for the good of mankind or will it be the cause of the annihilation of mankind?
He pointed out that a number of countries have sounded the alarm, for example, Italy issued a decision to ban the application of such as "Chat GB", for violating the privacy of minors by collecting data on them, calling for the existence of international legislation on the ethics of artificial intelligence to reduce the damage that can violate human rights and humanity, especially with regard to the bad use of humanity and humanity.
He pointed to the open letter signed by dozens of people working in the field of artificial intelligence last March, including billionaire Elon Musk, and called for a temporary halt to all efforts to develop more advanced versions of the current version of the chat robot ChatGB, until strict security measures are reached and implemented.
Safadi said: “With our reliance on technology and the Internet to a great extent today, and with this superior knowledge and ability to control industries by artificial intelligence technologies, we are facing a machine capable of, for example, manufacturing deadly biological and chemical weapons, developing DNA sequences, violating privacy, especially with deep counterfeiting able to create your identity and use it in many ways. seconds".
One of the most prominent figures who stressed the potential dangers of artificial intelligence systems, Jeffrey Hinton, a pioneer in the world of artificial intelligence, or as they like to call him "the father of artificial intelligence", said this year that despite the great benefits of artificial intelligence systems in all fields, including military and economic, he is concerned that these systems set themselves sub-goals that are not in line with the interests of their programmers.
Hinton, who has quit his job at Google, expressed concern about the catastrophic misuse of artificial intelligence systems by “malicious ” actors, he said,“ they may exploit artificial intelligence for bad purposes, ” and expressed concern about the negative effects on jobs in the labor market.
Dr. Jafar Al-Sarayreh, Director of the Consultancy and Training Center at Princess Sumaya University for Technology, stressed that a regulatory framework and procedures for the use of artificial intelligence must be developed, including a number of policies and laws governing the use of such technologies locally and globally, pointing out the importance of the participation of stakeholders in the development of this regulatory framework, including government, companies, academic institutions, civil society and experts in the field of artificial intelligence.
He pointed out that at the global level, there are initiatives and institutions working to develop regulatory frameworks for artificial intelligence, including the United Nations is developing global guidelines for artificial intelligence focusing on ethics, human rights, transparency and responsibility.
The Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, Ahmed Al-Hananda, recently told Al-Ghad that "the government is following with interest the developments in the field of artificial intelligence, and is constantly working to empower society, the private sector and government institutions to benefit from all technical developments, including artificial intelligence, within the framework of the digital transformation process on which it is based.
He stressed that the government has been preparing for years to benefit from the developments of artificial intelligence by approving the Jordanian Artificial Intelligence Policy, the National Code of Ethics for Artificial Intelligence, the Jordanian Strategy for Artificial Intelligence and the Executive Plan (2023-2027), the project to measure the readiness of public sector institutions to adopt artificial intelligence, and technical cooperation with the Japan International Cooperation Agency.
Technical expert Hossam Khattab, described the technology of artificial intelligence as: "take away the hearts", and what one may notice at the moment that the term "has become marketing", and that all we see and hear about today is only devices that carry out automated tasks.
He pointed out that companies are racing to describe their products as relying on artificial intelligence, because it is a common technology and no one wants to be left behind.
For example, ChatGPT, which says, “still doesn ’ t work on AI in the big sense, ” in its case the machine doesn ’ t think, it receives commands, and decides on the optimal set of words to answer based on a large database it has been trained on.
Among Khattab, the types of artificial intelligence, the first of which is limited artificial intelligence Narrow AI: applications smart assistants such as Alexa, Siri and ChatGPT, applications that are programmed to carry out specific tasks, and do not have intelligence.
“The second type is general artificial intelligence: a machine understands and performs multiple tasks based on accumulated experience, which is similar to human intelligence.
The machine is conscious, analyzing and thinking, and it is unrealized in today ’ s products. ”
“The third type is super AI: in which the machine exceeds human intelligence in all areas and tasks, and the machine is able to learn and develop itself, which is a theoretical concept until this moment, ” Khattab said.
“We still have not dealt with machines that think independently of human intervention, self-develop, learn and excel at their programmer, and all the commercial applications available now revolve around the orbit of limited artificial intelligence, it is necessary to understand this fact, which is overlooked or overlooked by companies and people intentionally or unintentionally. ”
He pointed out: "The limited artificial intelligence is similar to the tasks that we previously carried out, but it has become faster automatically, and most of what we hear about falls under this category.
Either the machine thinks like humans, or they are smarter than humans, the concept does not yet have commercial applications, a reality that companies may have overlooked. ”
The General Manager of Pure Analysis for Management and Technology Consultancy, Dr. Moataz Mohammed Al-Dabai, said: “It is important to carefully consider the potential disadvantages of artificial intelligence and take steps to mitigate them and work to control its negative impact on humanity. ”
He called for a balance between the suitability of artificial intelligence and the need to maintain our cognitive abilities and self-sufficiency.
He pointed out that the main concerns in this area relate to the excessive reliance on artificial intelligence in the performance of life and professional work, which is likely to lead to the loss of our basic skills and lack of confidence in our human capabilities.
He pointed out that this could develop to the extent that it could lead to the loss of the ability to innovate and creative thinking and the inability of humanity to respond to special and unexpected circumstances.
He cited, for example, the increasingly widespread use of voice assistants, on which people may rely heavily for basic tasks such as reminding of appointments and tasks to be accomplished, such as making phone calls or ordering goods and services.
“This over-reliance on artificial intelligence could lead to a decline in communication and social skills, ” he said.
AI can be used to create personalized, highly targeted and personalized ads or content that can have a negative impact on mental health by promoting negative biases, stereotypes or insecurity.

What did Hinton, the renowned British-Canadian expert reveal about AI that caused widespread concern?

Exposed serious AI risks, shocking the tech world and affecting major company stocks.

What did Sam Altman admit about ChatGPT and the potential risks of AI?

Advanced AI could pose an existential risk to humanity.

What risks did the global summit report highlight about AI?

Creating malicious software for cyberattacks, potentially posing an existential threat if humans lose control.

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Artificial Intelligence Godfather Geoffrey Hinton: Regrets Inventing This Thing
Google is racing to develop its own AI tool Bard to be a strong competitor to ChatGPT and Microsoft ’ s Bing AI search engine, but it seems that Google ’ s hasty policy to roll out generative AI products was not in line with the desire of all workers.
Google Vice President Geoffrey Hinton announced to The New York Times his resignation from Google in April.
The departure of Hinton, nicknamed the “father of artificial intelligence ” and the first to adopt ChatGPT prototypes in 2012, is a blow to a company the size and fame of Google, being one of the most prominent figures in the field.
Dr. Hinton said that he quit his job at Google after more than a decade and gained a very good reputation in the field, so he can speak freely about the dangers of artificial intelligence, and oddly he turned to the exact opposite position, admitting that he regrets his work in this field.
In a lengthy interview last week in the dining room of his Toronto home, Dr. Hinton said, “I consolate myself now that if I hadn ’ t taken all these steps in AI, someone else would certainly have done my part. ”
Hinton fears that generative AI tools are dangerous if they fall into irresponsible hands, and that “it ’ s hard to see how to prevent bad actors from using them for nefarious purposes. ”
As companies develop their AI at an astonishing speed, Hinton believes it is becoming increasingly dangerous, “see how it developed, compare this technology five years ago and now, it ’ s really terrifying, ” stressing that these robotic robots could at some point outperform humans in terms of thinking and creativity and would not be just a machine inferior to humans and thus destroy human life as we know it.
He pointed out that his concern at the moment about the ability of these tools to manufacture fabricated images, audio videos and a completely fake image, the average person will not be able to distinguish between the real and the fake, and therefore will be an important tool for spreading false information.
Moreover, artificial intelligence tools will be the substitute for humans in a very large number of jobs, which will occupy the existing professions, causing unprecedented unemployment rates globally.

**“Warnings about the dangers of artificial intelligence.”**
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What did Hinton, the renowned British-Canadian expert reveal about AI that caused widespread concern?

Exposed serious AI risks, shocking the tech world and affecting major company stocks.

What did Sam Altman admit about ChatGPT and the potential risks of AI?

Advanced AI could pose an existential risk to humanity.

What does Hinton warn could happen to AI if companies and regulators fail to implement effective rules and controls?

What risks did the global summit report highlight about AI?

Creating malicious software for cyberattacks, potentially posing an existential threat if humans lose control.

**“He pointed out that this could develop to the extent that it could lead to the loss of the ability to innovate and creative thinking and the inability of humanity to respond to special and unexpected circumstances.”**
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What did Sam Altman admit about ChatGPT and the potential risks of AI?

Advanced AI could pose an existential risk to humanity.

**“No one has the means to detect all possible misuse of AI across the different world, yet the same technologies that can be used to implement ‘bad AI’, can also be used by ‘good AI’ to fight ‘bad AI’.“**
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Content: One of the parents of artificial intelligence Jürgen Schmidhuber to "Al Jazeera Net": Do not be afraid of my children
About eight years ago, The New York Times reported that when artificial intelligence matures, it could call Professor Jürgen Schmidhuber “my father. ”
As children have matured and become an integral part of our daily lives, many experts, including Jeffrey Hinton, who is also one of the parents of artificial intelligence, have expressed fear that their children will become human, and even announced in May 2023 his resignation from Google, claiming that it will give him the opportunity to speak freely about the danger of his children, and he is not ashamed of disavowing them. ".
Unlike Hinton, Schmidhuber, the current head of the AI initiative at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia, fiercely defended his sons amid this torrent of “demoralizing talk ” by focusing only on the negative aspects, and the man, who is also the scientific director of the Swiss Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, elaborated on“ the positive role his sons play in facilitating human lives. ” Much more than any talk of their negativity. ”
In an email interview with Al Jazeera Net, Schmidhuber spoke enthusiastically about the merits of one of them: language processing models such as Google Translate and Apple ’ s Siri, developed from neural networks he worked on in the 1990s, and the roles of generative AI, such as ChatGT, whose development was based on his research and application achievements in “deep learning ” and“ abnormal linear transformers. ”
In words that are not without candor at times, and deep philosophical vision at other times, the man who Elon Musk once said he “invented everything ” denounces the spread of artificial intelligence applications on humans, provides an explanation for the fierce attack on these applications, and repeats what he repeated since he was a teenager, that he wishes to“ build artificial intelligence smarter than him so that he can retire. ”
The text of the dialogue is as follows.
I read the details of many interviews I had with you, including an interview published by the Guardian on May 7, 2023, in which you tried to remove the concerns raised about artificial intelligence, and it seemed to me that you transferred artificial intelligence from the satanic state that some people are trying to portray, to an angelic state.
But in fact, I have not found in your words a strong proof of this angelic state.
Can you explain to me in more detail: what evidence have you based on in your opinion?
For example, in 2012, my team had the first artificial neural network that won a medical imaging competition, a breast cancer screening competition, and it helped revolutionize health care, and today everyone uses such methods.
Moreover, one of our most popular AI systems is called “long term memory, ” and a simple Google Scholar search results in countless medical articles that have employed this system in many applications, for example to improve the detection of diabetes, diagnose arrhythmias, predict cardiovascular risk factors, analyze and classify the time signal for ECG, hash four-dimensional medical images, and detect Radiation anomalies, automated sleep phase classification, blood glucose level prediction, lung cancer detection, breathing prediction, real-time tumor tracking, breast cancer detection from pathological anatomic images, protein secondary structure prediction, genome data modeling, COVID-19 detection, classification and prediction, and many more.
Our AI is also used to improve chemistry, design molecules, classify documents in court, read lips, map brain signals, predict what happens in nuclear fusion reactors, predict the stock market, self-driving cars, diagnose industrial errors, predictive maintenance, smart grid applications, sustainable energy management in small grids, anomaly detection for big industrial data, traffic congestion prediction, education, tutoring, Rees, analysis, water quality forecasting, air pollution forecasting, renewable energy resources forecasting, fine dust concentrations forecasting, solar radiation forecasting under complex weather conditions, fish tracking, vegetation dynamics forecasting, climate change assessment studies on droughts and floods, and many more.
And I remember when I went to China 15 years ago, I had to show the taxi driver a picture of my hotel so he knew where I wanted to go, and a few years later he was talking to me on his smartphone in Mandarin. into the Mandarin language.
The taxi driver probably had no idea this was powered by technologies developed in my laboratories in Munich and Switzerland in the 1990s and 2000s, and by 2017 Facebook had used our “long term memory ” systems to perform 4 billion translations a day.
ChatGPS and other similar popular models also use the principles of neural networks that I first published in 1991 (for example, abnormal linear transformers), at that time computing was very expensive, but today it is millions of times cheaper, and our old technologies now facilitate many office tasks, such as summarizing documents, making illustrations, and so on.
Let ’ s repeat, then: “Our artificial intelligence is nothing to fear, it makes human lives longer, healthier and easier. ”
I appreciate your enthusiasm and jealousy for your work, which seems clear in your long and detailed answer, but with all these benefits that you mentioned, which of course greatly facilitated the lives of people, some talked about the harm of artificial intelligence, especially with the advent of "Chat GPT", for example, experts talked about the possibility of using the latest version "GPT4" in the production of chemical weapons, and this may be the reason why Jeffrey Hinton resigned from Google to talk freely about the harms of artificial intelligence, so why not also talk about its harms, so that they can be highlighted and warned about?
For example, about 800,000 years ago, fire was controlled by early humans and used for night heating and cooking, yet one can also use it to burn other people.
Fire also has an AI-like ability to spread widely, which is why, 800,000 years ago, they set up an ethics committee to discuss the pros and cons of fire, and concluded that the pros outweigh the cons so much that it was recommended to continue working on its development, which is why it has helped in many areas of life, and continues to help today.
So we can say that in general, 95% of all AI development is about helping humans, and there is huge commercial pressure towards such “good AI ”, and that ’ s because companies want to sell you their AI devices, so that you only buy AI systems that they consider useful.
As AI becomes ten times cheaper every five years, everyone will benefit more and more from it, in line with our company ’ s old motto: AI for all.
Certainly, one cannot deny that militaries are doing research on AI-powered smart robots as well, for example, one person familiar with the work of militaries told me that my “long term memory ” system is also used to guide military drones.
As Ernst Dickmans in Munich owned the first self-driving car in highway traffic, similar machines could also be used by the military in search of self-driving landmines.
Even as you talk about good and evil in technology, you tend to over-talk about the positives.
Because as I told you, there are hidden intentions beyond what is being exported and announced about the attack on artificial intelligence, we should be more afraid of the half-century-old technology of hydrogen bomb rockets, where a single hydrogen bomb can have more destructive power than all the weapons of World War II combined, many have forgotten that despite the dramatic denuclearization since the 1980s, there are still enough hydrogen bomb rockets to wipe out civilization. In a few hours without any artificial intelligence, so artificial intelligence does not present a new kind of existential threat.
Why, then, did Jeffrey Hinton resign from Google, explaining in the reasons for his resignation that he fears for humanity from the penetration of artificial intelligence, and even expressed his deep regret for working in this field?
He is well trained in psychology, and he certainly knows that doomsday scenarios and talk of dangers get more attention than positive expectations, so now he repeats the arguments against AI that others have made decades ago, and I have criticized him on previous occasions because of this, and also because he has republished the methods and ideas of AI without taking credit.
Hinton was not the only one who talked about the harms of artificial intelligence, there are many experts who signed a petition prepared by the Future of Life Institute calling for a truce during which AI systems stop developing for six months until the rules are established, and Elon Musk was one of the signatories.
I did not sign this petition, and did not interest any of the major powers in the field of artificial intelligence, and some of those who signed it did not stop at all their work in the field of artificial intelligence, because company (a) for example if stopped development, company (b) will not do so, even if it announced that it will also stop, and the latter will gain an advantage over it.
I take it you disagree with the EU ’ s announcement last December of a “political agreement ” on AI legislation aimed at encouraging European innovation in these advanced technologies, while limiting their potential misuse?
One cannot regulate AI research, just as mathematics cannot be regulated, yet one can regulate its applications in the fields of finance, automobiles and healthcare, because such fields already have constantly adaptable regulatory frameworks anyway.
I also signed a petition for the Open Broadband Artificial Intelligence Network, a nonprofit that makes machine learning resources available to the general public: Don ’ t stifle the open source movement.
I think some of it has been heard by European policymakers, and that current AI regulations are not as restrictive as some had feared.
According to what you have read and your answers, chatbots like ChatGBT have been developed based on some of your research, which leads me to ask you about the academic fear of misuse of these tools in scientific research, and as a university professor, what is your advice to researchers regarding the positive use of these tools, and how can you as a university professor detect misuse of this tool by a researcher?
No one has the means to detect all possible misuse of AI across the different world, yet the same technologies that can be used to implement “bad AI ”, can also be used by“ good AI ” to fight “bad AI ”.
I had the experience of asking questions on Chatroulette about the ongoing war between Israel and the Gaza Strip, and I was surprised that the answers were biased to one side at the expense of the other.
Like humans, AI will be biased towards the data it has been trained on.
• Many of those who knew that I would interview you asked me about the future of the professions in which they work, and whether they will be affected by artificial intelligence or not, and let me identify these professions for you, a journalist, a doctor and a programmer..
What is your assessment of the future of these professions in the age of artificial intelligence, and in general what professions are at risk of extinction?
For a long time people thought that office jobs might require greater intelligence than manual occupations, yet it has now been shown that it is much easier to replace certain aspects of office jobs than, say, a carpenter.
There are now AI systems that can read a lot of documents and then make great summaries of them, and this is a desk job, or you can give some systems a description of the illustration you want for your article to create good illustrations that may just need minimal fine-tuning, or you tell them as a programmer what your next program should do and they come up with a very good initial draft of the code.
All of these desk tasks are much easier than the real hard tasks in the physical world, and interestingly, things that people thought required intelligence, such as chess, programming, or making PowerPoint chips, are much easier for machines than they thought.
But for things like playing football, there is no physical robot that can compete remotely with the abilities of a young child with these skills, interestingly, AI in the physical world is much harder than AI behind the screen in virtual worlds, and it ’ s really interesting in my opinion to see that jobs like plumbers, electricians or carpenters are more difficult than playing chess or writing a news story.
All in all, my old statement of the 1980s remains valid: it is easy to predict which jobs will disappear, but it is difficult to predict which new jobs will be created: 200 years ago, most of the jobs in the Western world were in agriculture, and today they are only 1-2%.
Similarly, many decades ago people expected industrial robots to cause a lot of job losses, yet today unemployment rates are low in countries with a high number of robots per capita (such as Japan, Germany, Korea and Switzerland).
Because a lot of new jobs have been invented.
For example, 40 years before the creation of the World Wide Web in CERN, Switzerland, who would have expected all these people to make money as video bloggers on YouTube?
As we speak with one of the founding fathers of artificial intelligence, we should not miss your comment on the lawsuit filed by Elon Musk against OpenAI, the owner of the application “Chat ”, what is your comment on the accusation that the company deviated from its original mission, and that it should be renamed from“ open artificial intelligence ” to “closed artificial intelligence ”?
In fact, many have argued that OpenAI should shift its name from open AI to closed AI, but in any case, the “real ” open source movement may be lagging behind big AI companies like OpenAI by only 6 to 8 months, so all the temporary advantages of currently leading AI players tend to erode rapidly.
As I mentioned earlier, every 10 years, computing becomes 100 times cheaper, meaning that AI will not only benefit a few large companies, but everyone will benefit more and more from cheap AI, in line with our company ’ s old motto, “Artificial Intelligence for All. ”
As the head of the Artificial Intelligence Initiative at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), what have you accomplished so far?
In fact, I started in 2021 running an ambitious AI initiative at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), and the goal is to promote basic AI research on all fronts, in line with my old goal since I was a teenager, which is to “build AI smarter than me so I can retire. ”
Backed by the university ’ s good management, and the university ’ s outstanding interdisciplinary expertise in many different fields of science, our AI initiative supports AI applications in all areas, including healthcare, drug design, chemistry, materials science, speech recognition and natural language processing, automation, robotics, soft robotics, and other fields.
The University ’ s outstanding Visual Computing team was among the top groups at the leading conferences in the discipline, and I ’ m particularly proud of my wonderful colleagues, including Bernard Ghanem, Peter Richtarick, Francesco Urabona, and their brilliant teams at the university ’ s AI initiative. For example, Bernard and his team had 7 papers at Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2022, the world ’ s most influential scientific conference, and 8 papers. At the same conference in 2023, Peter and his team had 12 papers at Norrips in 2022, a groundbreaking conference on artificial intelligence and neural networks.
In 2016, the university was named the most influential university in the discipline, surpassing regular candidates such as the California Institute of Technology, and has since topped the number of citations per faculty in the QS World University Rankings. The university is full of outstanding academics from around the world, enjoying excellent working conditions and a high quality of life.
• Finally, what do you hope to achieve through your leadership of this initiative?
I hope that the new AI initiative will contribute to the creation of a new golden age for science, similar to the Islamic golden age that began more than a thousand years ago when the Middle East led the world in science and technology, especially in the automatic processing of information.
Source: The Island

What risks did the global summit report highlight about AI?

Creating malicious software for cyberattacks, potentially posing an existential threat if humans lose control.

**“Henton is not the first Google employee to raise a red flag on artificial intelligence.”**

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Hinton ’ s pioneering work on neural networks has shaped artificial intelligence systems that power many contemporary products.
He worked part-time at Google for a decade in the tech giant ’ s AI development efforts, but has since had concerns about the technology and its role in its development.
Geoffrey Hinton, who is considered the godfather of artificial intelligence, has resigned from his position at Google.
Warning about the growing risks of AI, Hinton stressed that “the downsides of this sector ’ s software like GPT are very frightening. ”
Hinton ’ s pioneering work on neural networks has shaped artificial intelligence systems that power many contemporary products.
He worked part-time at Google for a decade in the tech giant ’ s AI development efforts, but has since had concerns about the technology and its role in its development.
In a tweet on Monday, Hinton said he left Google so he could speak freely about the dangers of artificial intelligence, not because of a desire to criticize Google specifically.
Hinton tweeted: “I left so I could talk about the dangers of artificial intelligence without thinking about how this would affect Google. ”
He added: “Google has acted with great responsibility. ”
Rapid development of artificial intelligence
In an interview with the BBC, Hinton said: "At the moment, these shows are not smarter than us, but I think they may soon be."
Hinton also considered that his age played into his decision to leave the tech giant Google, saying, “I ’ m 75 years old, so it ’ s time to retire. ”
Hinton ’ s groundbreaking research paved the way for access to current AI systems and is therefore considered by many to be the founder of the sector.
In another interview with The New York Times, Hinton said that “part of me regrets ” contributing to the development of the technology.
But the British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist told the BBC: "Right now, what we're seeing is that things like ChatGT outperform a person in the amount of general knowledge they have and outperform them a lot.
But in terms of thinking, man is ahead. ”
However, he points out that "the speed at which this software evolves makes us expect its efficiency to improve, so we have to worry about that."
In an article in The New York Times, Hinton said there were “bad actors ” trying to use AI for“ bad things. ”
"Nightmare."
When asked by the BBC to elaborate on this, he replied: “This is just some sort of worst-case scenario, it ’ s a nightmare. ”
“You can imagine, for example, that some bad actors like Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to give robots the ability to set their own targets during the war. ”
“I have come to the conclusion that the kind of information we develop is very different from the intelligence we have.
We are biological systems and these are digital systems. ”
As for how the software learns, Hinton explained that it “works separately to instantly share its knowledge, as if you have 10,000 people and whenever someone learns something, everyone knows it automatically.
And so these chatbots can know far more than any one person. ”
Henton is not the first Google employee to raise a red flag on artificial intelligence.
In July, the company fired an engineer who claimed an undisclosed AI system had become conscious, saying it violated hiring and data security policies.
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Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer in artificial intelligence (AI), said in an interview with Reuters today that the threat posed by AI to humans may be “more urgent ” than climate change.
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Hinton, 75, who is regarded as one of the “godfathers ” of artificial intelligence, recently announced his departure from Alphabet, a 10-year tech company, because he wanted to make the risks of artificial intelligence public without involving employers.
Hinton ’ s research has been recognized as an important contribution to the development of contemporary AI systems. In 1986, he co-authored the influential paper Learning Representations by Back-propagating Errors, which set a milestone in the development of neural networks supporting AI technology. In 2018, he received the Turing Award for his research breakthroughs. And...
Hinton is one of a growing number of technology leaders who are concerned that machine intelligence will surpass humans and ultimately control the planet, and are openly raising concerns about the potential threat posed by AI.
“I ’ m not trying to downplay the importance of climate change, nor am I saying we shouldn ’ t worry about climate change, which is also a big risk, ” Hinton said.
But I think (artificial intelligence) may be more urgent in the end. "
“When it comes to climate change, making recommendations is simple: just stop carbon emissions.
If you do that, things will get better.
And when it comes to (artificial intelligence), there ’ s nothing we can do about it. ”
OpenAI, a U.S. artificial intelligence research lab sponsored by technology company Microsoft, launched ChatGPT, a chatbot that took the first shot at the AI race last November and quickly became the fastest-growing app in history, with 100 million monthly active users in just two months.
In April, thousands of people signed an open letter calling on all AI labs to suspend development of systems more powerful than OpenAI ’ s recently launched GPT-4 for at least six months, including social media CEO Elon Musk, AI pioneers Yoshua Bengio and Stuart Russell.
Hinton shares the concerns of the co-authors, who fear AI could pose an existential threat to humanity, but he disagrees with the suspension of research.
He said, “It ’ s not practical.
I agree that this is an existential risk, and it ’ s close, and it ’ s time to put a lot of effort into understanding what we can do. ”
Following the publication of the joint letter, the 12 members of the European Parliament called on leaders such as U.S. President Joe Biden and European Union Executive Committee Chairman Ursula von der Leyen to convene a summit to discuss how to control the development of advanced artificial intelligence systems such as ChatGPT, which are developing faster than expected.
“Technology leaders know best about [artificial intelligence], and politics must be involved, ” says Hinton.
This matter concerns all of us, so we must all think carefully. ”
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Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer in artificial intelligence (AI), said in an interview with Reuters today that the threat posed by AI to humans may be “more urgent ” than climate change.
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Hinton, 75, who is regarded as one of the “godfathers ” of artificial intelligence, recently announced his departure from Alphabet, a 10-year tech company, because he wanted to make the risks of artificial intelligence public without involving employers.
Hinton ’ s research has been recognized as an important contribution to the development of contemporary AI systems. In 1986, he co-authored the influential paper Learning Representations by Back-propagating Errors, which set a milestone in the development of neural networks supporting AI technology. In 2018, he received the Turing Award for his research breakthroughs. And...
Hinton is one of a growing number of technology leaders who are concerned that machine intelligence will surpass humans and ultimately control the planet, and are openly raising concerns about the potential threat posed by AI.
“I ’ m not trying to downplay the importance of climate change, nor am I saying we shouldn ’ t worry about climate change, which is also a big risk, ” Hinton said.
But I think (artificial intelligence) may be more urgent in the end. "
“When it comes to climate change, making recommendations is simple: just stop carbon emissions.
If you do that, things will get better.
And when it comes to (artificial intelligence), there ’ s nothing we can do about it. ”
OpenAI, a U.S. artificial intelligence research lab sponsored by technology company Microsoft, launched ChatGPT, a chatbot that took the first shot at the AI race last November and quickly became the fastest-growing app in history, with 100 million monthly active users in just two months.
In April, thousands of people signed an open letter calling on all AI labs to suspend development of systems more powerful than OpenAI ’ s recently launched GPT-4 for at least six months, including social media CEO Elon Musk, AI pioneers Yoshua Bengio and Stuart Russell.
Hinton shares the concerns of the co-authors, who fear AI could pose an existential threat to humanity, but he disagrees with the suspension of research.
He said, “It ’ s not practical.
I agree that this is an existential risk, and it ’ s close, and it ’ s time to put a lot of effort into understanding what we can do. ”
Following the publication of the joint letter, the 12 members of the European Parliament called on leaders such as U.S. President Joe Biden and European Union Executive Committee Chairman Ursula von der Leyen to convene a summit to discuss how to control the development of advanced artificial intelligence systems such as ChatGPT, which are developing faster than expected.
“Technology leaders know best about [artificial intelligence], and politics must be involved, ” says Hinton.
This matter concerns all of us, so we must all think carefully. ”
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Content: Baidu smashed 370 million corners "AI godfather" was rejected Google bid 1.4 billion to be successfully recruited
He wanted to hire the “Godfather of AI. ”
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Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI ” in the world this year, joined the Google team before, in fact, and two students were almost by the Chinese company Baidu bid 12 million US dollars (about NT $378 million), but he refused, and finally agreed to Google ’ s bid of 44 million US dollars (about NT $1.387 billion) at an“ auction ”. He worked for Google for 10 years.
In 2012, when 64-year-old University of Toronto professor Hinton and two graduate students published a paper showing the world the potential of AI by training a neural network to recognize unusual objects, such as flowers, dogs and cars, the accuracy of the technology surprised other scientists and attracted the attention of Chinese AI researcher Yu Kai.
Yu Kai, who was already working for Baidu at the time, contacted Hinton at a research conference and both believed that neural networks had great potential.
According to people familiar with the matter, Yu Kai suggested that Baidu executives should hire Hinton as soon as possible, so Baidu offered Hinton and three students $12 million, inviting them to join Baidu Beijing; however, Hinton refused.
In fact, Hinton graduated from Cambridge University, his career in addition to occasionally connecting Microsoft and Google work, most of them stay in the academic circle, although he does not pay much attention to remuneration, but he has a child with neurodiversity (autism, hyperactivity), so under the price of Baidu, he knows he can fight for more money, for the family economy to bring security.
Hinton said he and the student team didn ’ t know “how much we ’ re worth, ” and after consulting lawyers and experts on the acquisition, they decided,“ We ’ re going to organize an auction and sell ourselves. ”
The talent auction was held during the annual AI conference at the Harrah ’ s Casino Hotel in Lake Tahoe, California. The tech giants are ready to grab talent, and companies like Google, Microsoft, or Baidu are beginning to believe that neural networks will be the way for AI to eventually enable machines to think.
Google CEO Larry Page, who had seen similar technology at Google Brain in the company ’ s AI lab, wrote a blank check for Alan Eustace, senior vice president of engineering, to pay for the AI experts he needed.
At the talent auction, the bidding of various technology giants became higher and higher, first raising the bid to $20 million, then $25 million, $30 million, $37 million, during which Microsoft withdrew once, and then withdrew again when the bid rose to about $40 million.
The rest of Baidu and Google bid, the price pushed up to $42 million, $43 million, to $44 million, Dr. Hinton and the students shouted to stop, although the two companies are willing to spend money to continue to pay higher prices, but Hinton and his party want to work for Google, and the reward is quite amazing.
Hinton worked for Google for 10 years, this year Microsoft launched an AI chatbot, set off an AI whirlwind in the world; however, Hinton announced his departure from Google, saying that he left to be free to talk about the risks posed by AI, and now he has "some regrets" about his life's work.
Hinton said that Google has always been the “proper manager ” of AI technology, careful not to release anything that could cause harm, but now that Microsoft has strengthened its Bing search engine with chatbots, it has hit Google ’ s core business, and Google has begun to deploy the same technology.
He believes that as companies continue to improve their AI systems, “they will become more and more dangerous, ” and that the past five years alone have been very different.“ The tech giants are locked in an unstoppable competition. ”
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Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “godfather ” of artificial intelligence (AI), has resigned from Google.
He warned that developments in the field of artificial intelligence pose increasing dangers.
In a statement to The New York Times, Dr. Hinton said he regretted his current job.
Dr. Hinton ’ s pioneering research in neural networks and deep learning paves the way for current AI systems such as Google ’ s Bard chatbot and Microsoft ’ s ChatGPT.
The cognitive psychologist and computer scientist told the BBC that chatbots may soon be smarter than humans.

Which AI system demonstrates the foundation laid by Hinton's pioneering research in deep learning and neural networks?

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He wanted to hire the “Godfather of AI. ”
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Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI ” in the world this year, joined the Google team before, in fact, and two students were almost by the Chinese company Baidu bid 12 million US dollars (about NT $378 million), but he refused, and finally agreed to Google ’ s bid of 44 million US dollars (about NT $1.387 billion) at an“ auction ”. He worked for Google for 10 years.
In 2012, when 64-year-old University of Toronto professor Hinton and two graduate students published a paper showing the world the potential of AI by training a neural network to recognize unusual objects, such as flowers, dogs and cars, the accuracy of the technology surprised other scientists and attracted the attention of Chinese AI researcher Yu Kai.
Yu Kai, who was already working for Baidu at the time, contacted Hinton at a research conference and both believed that neural networks had great potential.
According to people familiar with the matter, Yu Kai suggested that Baidu executives should hire Hinton as soon as possible, so Baidu offered Hinton and three students $12 million, inviting them to join Baidu Beijing; however, Hinton refused.
In fact, Hinton graduated from Cambridge University, his career in addition to occasionally connecting Microsoft and Google work, most of them stay in the academic circle, although he does not pay much attention to remuneration, but he has a child with neurodiversity (autism, hyperactivity), so under the price of Baidu, he knows he can fight for more money, for the family economy to bring security.
Hinton said he and the student team didn ’ t know “how much we ’ re worth, ” and after consulting lawyers and experts on the acquisition, they decided,“ We ’ re going to organize an auction and sell ourselves. ”
The talent auction was held during the annual AI conference at the Harrah ’ s Casino Hotel in Lake Tahoe, California. The tech giants are ready to grab talent, and companies like Google, Microsoft, or Baidu are beginning to believe that neural networks will be the way for AI to eventually enable machines to think.
Google CEO Larry Page, who had seen similar technology at Google Brain in the company ’ s AI lab, wrote a blank check for Alan Eustace, senior vice president of engineering, to pay for the AI experts he needed.
At the talent auction, the bidding of various technology giants became higher and higher, first raising the bid to $20 million, then $25 million, $30 million, $37 million, during which Microsoft withdrew once, and then withdrew again when the bid rose to about $40 million.
The rest of Baidu and Google bid, the price pushed up to $42 million, $43 million, to $44 million, Dr. Hinton and the students shouted to stop, although the two companies are willing to spend money to continue to pay higher prices, but Hinton and his party want to work for Google, and the reward is quite amazing.
Hinton worked for Google for 10 years, this year Microsoft launched an AI chatbot, set off an AI whirlwind in the world; however, Hinton announced his departure from Google, saying that he left to be free to talk about the risks posed by AI, and now he has "some regrets" about his life's work.
Hinton said that Google has always been the “proper manager ” of AI technology, careful not to release anything that could cause harm, but now that Microsoft has strengthened its Bing search engine with chatbots, it has hit Google ’ s core business, and Google has begun to deploy the same technology.
He believes that as companies continue to improve their AI systems, “they will become more and more dangerous, ” and that the past five years alone have been very different.“ The tech giants are locked in an unstoppable competition. ”
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He wanted to hire the “Godfather of AI. ”
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Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI ” in the world this year, joined the Google team before, in fact, and two students were almost by the Chinese company Baidu bid 12 million US dollars (about NT $378 million), but he refused, and finally agreed to Google ’ s bid of 44 million US dollars (about NT $1.387 billion) at an“ auction ”. He worked for Google for 10 years.
In 2012, when 64-year-old University of Toronto professor Hinton and two graduate students published a paper showing the world the potential of AI by training a neural network to recognize unusual objects, such as flowers, dogs and cars, the accuracy of the technology surprised other scientists and attracted the attention of Chinese AI researcher Yu Kai.
Yu Kai, who was already working for Baidu at the time, contacted Hinton at a research conference and both believed that neural networks had great potential.
According to people familiar with the matter, Yu Kai suggested that Baidu executives should hire Hinton as soon as possible, so Baidu offered Hinton and three students $12 million, inviting them to join Baidu Beijing; however, Hinton refused.
In fact, Hinton graduated from Cambridge University, his career in addition to occasionally connecting Microsoft and Google work, most of them stay in the academic circle, although he does not pay much attention to remuneration, but he has a child with neurodiversity (autism, hyperactivity), so under the price of Baidu, he knows he can fight for more money, for the family economy to bring security.
Hinton said he and the student team didn ’ t know “how much we ’ re worth, ” and after consulting lawyers and experts on the acquisition, they decided,“ We ’ re going to organize an auction and sell ourselves. ”
The talent auction was held during the annual AI conference at the Harrah ’ s Casino Hotel in Lake Tahoe, California. The tech giants are ready to grab talent, and companies like Google, Microsoft, or Baidu are beginning to believe that neural networks will be the way for AI to eventually enable machines to think.
Google CEO Larry Page, who had seen similar technology at Google Brain in the company ’ s AI lab, wrote a blank check for Alan Eustace, senior vice president of engineering, to pay for the AI experts he needed.
At the talent auction, the bidding of various technology giants became higher and higher, first raising the bid to $20 million, then $25 million, $30 million, $37 million, during which Microsoft withdrew once, and then withdrew again when the bid rose to about $40 million.
The rest of Baidu and Google bid, the price pushed up to $42 million, $43 million, to $44 million, Dr. Hinton and the students shouted to stop, although the two companies are willing to spend money to continue to pay higher prices, but Hinton and his party want to work for Google, and the reward is quite amazing.
Hinton worked for Google for 10 years, this year Microsoft launched an AI chatbot, set off an AI whirlwind in the world; however, Hinton announced his departure from Google, saying that he left to be free to talk about the risks posed by AI, and now he has "some regrets" about his life's work.
Hinton said that Google has always been the “proper manager ” of AI technology, careful not to release anything that could cause harm, but now that Microsoft has strengthened its Bing search engine with chatbots, it has hit Google ’ s core business, and Google has begun to deploy the same technology.
He believes that as companies continue to improve their AI systems, “they will become more and more dangerous, ” and that the past five years alone have been very different.“ The tech giants are locked in an unstoppable competition. ”
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US media reported today that Hinton, known as the "godfather of AI", resigned his job at Google to talk openly about the risks of AI and worry that AI will fall into the wrong hands.
He said that it is difficult to see how to prevent bad people from using it to do bad things.
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Geoffrey Hinton, who laid the groundwork for artificial intelligence (AI) systems, told The New York Times that advances in AI pose “great risks to society and humanity. ”
In a report published today in the New York Times, Hinton was quoted as saying, “Look at what it looked like five years ago and now, and the difference and growth, it ’ s really scary. ”
Hinton pointed out that competition among tech giants has prompted these companies to release new AI technologies at a dangerous rate, which will endanger people ’ s jobs and spread misinformation.
"It's hard to see how you can prevent bad people from using it (AI) to do bad things," he told the New York Times.
OpenAI, the startup behind Google and now the most powerful AI chatbot, ChatGPT, began using more data than ever before to develop systems in 2022.
Hinton told the New York Times that he believes these systems are surpassing human intelligence in some ways because of the sheer volume of data they analyze.
"Perhaps these systems are already stronger than the human brain," he said.
While AI has been used to support human needs for work, the rapid development of chatbots like ChatGPT could put human jobs at risk.
He told the New York Times that AI is “taking on a chore, ” but“ it ’ s probably going to do more than that. ”
Hinton also warned that AI could spread false information, telling the New York Times that the average person would “no longer know what ’ s true. ”
According to the New York Times, Hinton tendered his resignation to Google last month.
Google ’ s head of AI, Jeff Dean, thanked Hinton in a statement to the US media.
"As one of the first companies to publish AI principles, we remain committed to taking a responsible approach to AI," the statement added.
"While we are bold and innovative, we are constantly discovering new risks."
Tech billionaire Elon Musk and many experts have called for a moratorium on the development of AI systems to allow time to ensure the technology is safe.
After the launch of the GPT-4, which is more powerful than the AI used by ChatGPT, Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak signed an open letter.
Hinton, who was not involved in the petition, told the New York Times that scientists shouldn ’ t “further scale research and development ” until they know if they can control AI.

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The US media reported today that Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI ”, resigned his job at Google and openly talked about the risks of AI, worried that AI would fall into the wrong hands.
He says it ’ s hard to see how to prevent bad people from using it to do bad things.
Geoffrey Hinton, who laid the groundwork for artificial intelligence (AI) systems, told The New York Times that advances in AI pose “great risks to society and humanity. ”
In a report published today in The New York Times, Hinton was quoted as saying, “Look at how it looked five years ago and now, the difference and growth, it ’ s really scary. ”
Hinton pointed out that competition among tech giants is driving these companies to release new AI technologies at a dangerous rate, which will endanger people ’ s jobs and spread misinformation.
"It's hard to see how you can prevent bad people from using AI to do bad things," he told the New York Times.
OpenAI, the startup behind Google and now the most powerful AI chatbot, ChatGPT, began developing systems with more data than ever before in 2022.
Hinton told the New York Times that he believes these systems are surpassing human intelligence in some ways because of the sheer volume of data they analyze.
"Perhaps these systems are already more powerful than the human brain," he said.
While AI has been used to support human needs for work, the rapid development of chatbots like ChatGPT could leave human jobs in jeopardy.
He told the New York Times that AI was “taking on a chore, ” but that“ it ’ s probably going to do more than that. ”
Hinton also warned that AI could spread the wrong message, telling the New York Times that the average person would “never know what ’ s true again. ”
According to the New York Times, Hinton submitted his resignation to Google last month.
Google ’ s head of AI, Jeff Dean, expressed his gratitude to Hinton in a statement to the US media.
“As one of the first companies to publish AI principles, we remain committed to taking a responsible approach to AI, ” the statement added.
“While we innovate boldly, we are constantly discovering new risks. ”
Tech billionaire Elon Musk and many experts have called for a pause in the development of AI systems to allow time to ensure the technology is safe.
After the introduction of GPT-4, which is more powerful than the AI used by ChatGPT, Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak signed an open letter.
Hinton, who was not involved in the petition, told the New York Times that scientists should not “further scale research and development ” until they understood if they could control AI.
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He says it ’ s hard to see how to prevent bad people from using it to do bad things.
Geoffrey Hinton, who laid the groundwork for artificial intelligence (AI) systems, told The New York Times that advances in AI pose “great risks to society and humanity. ”
In a report published today in The New York Times, Hinton was quoted as saying, “Look at how it looked five years ago and now, the difference and growth, it ’ s really scary. ”
Hinton pointed out that competition among tech giants is driving these companies to release new AI technologies at a dangerous rate, which will endanger people ’ s jobs and spread misinformation.
"It's hard to see how you can prevent bad people from using AI to do bad things," he told the New York Times.
OpenAI, the startup behind Google and now the most powerful AI chatbot, ChatGPT, began developing systems with more data than ever before in 2022.
Hinton told the New York Times that he believes these systems are surpassing human intelligence in some ways because of the sheer volume of data they analyze.
"Perhaps these systems are already more powerful than the human brain," he said.
While AI has been used to support human needs for work, the rapid development of chatbots like ChatGPT could leave human jobs in jeopardy.
He told the New York Times that AI was “taking on a chore, ” but that“ it ’ s probably going to do more than that. ”
Hinton also warned that AI could spread the wrong message, telling the New York Times that the average person would “never know what ’ s true again. ”
According to the New York Times, Hinton submitted his resignation to Google last month.
Google ’ s head of AI, Jeff Dean, expressed his gratitude to Hinton in a statement to the US media.
“As one of the first companies to publish AI principles, we remain committed to taking a responsible approach to AI, ” the statement added.
“While we innovate boldly, we are constantly discovering new risks. ”
Tech billionaire Elon Musk and many experts have called for a pause in the development of AI systems to allow time to ensure the technology is safe.
After the introduction of GPT-4, which is more powerful than the AI used by ChatGPT, Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak signed an open letter.
Hinton, who was not involved in the petition, told the New York Times that scientists should not “further scale research and development ” until they understood if they could control AI.
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When I was a teenager, I studied Geographic Information System, but unfortunately I didn ’ t learn anything and I graduated with luck.
After adulthood, the accidental hit into the media circle, first and then in the print, electronic, online media to roll, slightly small.
After middle age, he completed a master ’ s degree in information technology and gradually expanded his horizons. He was determined to join a start-up company and explore different fields of technology.
In recent years, he has been actively engaged in data analysis and digital strategies, and has also been involved in the development of Location Intelligence projects. Sometimes, he can also take time to teach, not only to share what he has learned with others, but also to motivate himself to keep learning for life.
Tales of Wisdom City
Generative AI is definitely the hottest topic in the technology world today. After the popularity of ChatGPT, many companies rushed to launch similar products and gradually applied them to various industries.
But more and more people are worried that when AI is fully popularized, it will aggravate the problem of fake information flow, online fraud and other problems; even Sheffield Hinton, who is known as the "godfather of AI", is worried that AI will become too smart, afraid that it will evolve into a killer robot, which may eventually lead to the death of mankind!
How big can the negative impact of AI technology be?
How do governments around the world respond to the potential threat of AI?
Neural network is the foundation technology of ChatGPT
Fifty-one years ago, Geoffrey Hinton, who had not yet been called the “godfather of AI, ” entered the University of Edinburgh in Scotland as a graduate student and began research on artificial neural networks.
The so-called “artificial neural network ” is a mathematical model that mimics the structure and function of biological neural networks, especially the brain, and is able to learn skills by analyzing data.
This is the foundational technology behind OpenAI ChatGPT and Google Bard.
After Hinton resigned from Google, he did not have to worry about the harm his words would bring to Google, so he was interviewed by different media and said his heart: "AI may lead to the death of mankind." (Photo: University of Toronto official website)
In 2012, Hinton and his students, Ilya Sutskever and Alex Krishevsky, created a neural network system that analyzes thousands of photos and learns to recognize common things like flowers, dogs, cars, etc.
Subsequently, Hinton and two students founded DNNresearch, a startup based on this research project.
In 2013, Google acquired DNNresearch for US $44 million (approximately HK $343 million), and Hinton joined Google as Vice President and Engineering Researcher, responsible for some of the research work on Google Brain.
His protégé, Suzkville, left Google to co-found OpenAI with like-minded people, and became chief scientist, leading the research team to successfully develop the GPT model and ChatGPT.
Hinton ’ s top student, Suzkville, gave up his lucrative job at Google in 2015 to co-found OpenAI with Altman and others, and led the development of GPT and DALL-E models. (Image: University of Toronto website)
I regret working my whole life because I am worried about the dangers of AI.
In 2018, Hinton, along with University of Montreal professor Yoshua Bengio and Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, won the A.M. Turing Award in recognition of their great contributions to neural networks and deep learning.
As a result, the three later became known as the “godfathers of AI ” or“ godfathers of deep learning. ”
Around the same time, Google and OpenAI began to build large-scale deep learning systems based on neural networks, which became the basis for future development of Bard and ChatGPT.
From this, it seems that Sinton plays an important role in creating the current glory of generative AI.
However, in the current era of AI, Sinton suddenly left Google in April 2023, shocking the entire AI industry.
Hinton explained that he left Google to talk freely about the potential risks of AI without harming Google.
Speaking about 50 years of research into neural networks, he said, “I ’ m very sorry about my life ’ s work. ”
The Internet will be filled with more and more fake AI-generated text, photos, and even videos, but the average person will not be able to tell the truth, Hinton said.
Moreover, sooner or later, AI technology will completely disrupt the job market, causing more and more jobs to disappear.
What is even more worrying is that at present, users can not only instruct ChatGPT to generate code, but also ask the AI to execute the code; in this way, the AI killer robots that often appear in science fiction movies will one day become a reality.
Is it not impossible for AI to destroy humanity?
Of course, this pessimistic future scenario is only a hypothetical one, but Hinton stressed that what could lead to it is already happening: a global race for AI technology has begun between Microsoft and Google, and even between China and the United States.
Most people think that the future of AI dominating everything is still far away, but he believes that AI may not take 30 to 50 years to control humans, and even find a way to kill humans, which may eventually lead to human extinction.
In the 1980s, Hinton was a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University in the United States, but because he was not satisfied that the university's AI research was sponsored by the United States Department of Defense, he decided to leave the United States to teach at the University of Toronto's School of Computer Science.
He pointed out that without some kind of global regulatory agreement or regulatory mechanism, the AI arms race will intensify.
For this reason, Hinton believes that the threat posed by AI to humans may be more urgent than climate change, because the solution to climate change is obvious, as long as carbon emissions are reduced or carbon neutrality is achieved, but the current AI crisis does not know how to start. Although AI may pose an existential threat to humans, he does not agree to suspend AI research, because it can never erase the benefits and application value of AI.
Hinton believes it would be better to step up regulation of AI and make everyone aware of its potential harms.
OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman also acknowledged that ChatGPT has developed some reasoning capabilities that they can ’ t explain, and that it ’ s not entirely impossible for AI to destroy humans.
However, he said that he has installed a kill switch for ChatGPT, and if the development of ChatGPT exceeds human expectations, he will immediately press the switch to stop working.
OpenAI CEO Altman, known as the “father of ChatGPT, ” recently said he was“ a little scared ” about the potential of his children, and even admitted that there is a real possibility that AI will destroy humanity. (Image: Wikipedia)
Altman admits that ChatGPT ’ s influence in elections and the spread of disinformation is a concern, so the 2024 U.S. presidential election will be a focus for OpenAI.
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The Curtain of Ignorance Makes AI Right Values
However, before we press the switch, we can try to instill the right values in AI, such as helping those most in need, not destroying humans. Google ’ s DeepMind paper published in April 2023 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that AI can be taught from the perspective of political philosopher John Rawls.
Rawls has proposed a concept called “The Veil of Ignorance ”, which aims to achieve the most equitable distribution of benefits when group decisions are made.
According to his book, The Debate, if a group of people stand behind a curtain, all of them will instantly lose their memory, become ignorant, and forget their identity and status in the real world.
The political philosopher Ross assumes that people are behind the “curtain of ignorance ” (left) and have no idea of their skills, identities, and status.
In this scenario, people tend to choose the most equitable distribution of rights for all. (Image: Wikipedia)
At this time, these people are asked to vote for a working principle for the society.
Because they do not know where they are in this society, they cannot make decisions in an egoistic way, and they can only judge according to the principle of fairness to all people.
The situation is like, at the birthday party, you are responsible for cutting the cake, because you do not know which piece you will get, so you will try to cut each piece to the same size.
Under the curtain of ignorance, fairness and justice that has nothing to do with personal interests will emerge.
For this reason, DeepMind believes that applying the “curtain of ignorance ” to AI training may help promote fairness in the process of“ aligning ” AI with human values.
By “alignment ”, it means aligning AI ’ s wishes with those of humanity.
If AI shares fair values with humans, AI will not have the intention to destroy humanity.
White House convenes tech giants to discuss AI threats
However, even if AI does not intend to destroy humans, it may still have many negative effects on human society.
The Center for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Policy (CAIDP), a U.S. technology ethics organization, has complained to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that OpenAI ’ s latest large language model, GPT-4, is biased and deceptive and poses a risk to privacy and public safety.
The CAIDP lists potential threats that may arise from GPT-4, including: helping hackers churn out malicious code to exacerbate cyberattacks; and biased AI training data that may reinforce social stereotypes and make people of all races and genders vulnerable to unfair treatment. The FTC is investigating OpenAI, said FTC Chairman Lina Khan. "They cannot be separated from existing legislation and the Federal Trade Commission will actively enforce them," he said.
In an effort to make GPT-4 more secure, OpenAI hired 50 experts and academics to test GPT-4 against lies, language manipulation, and dangerous scientific common sense.
The OpenAI headquarters is pictured here. (Image: Wikipedia)
In early May 2023, the White House invited Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, OpenAI founder Altman, and artificial intelligence startup Anthropic founder Dario Amodei to attend a conference to discuss the impact of AI on society.
Government officials at the meeting included Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden Chief of Staff Jeff Zients, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, National Economic Council Chairman Lael Brainard, and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.
U.S. President Joe Biden also attended the meeting.
EU to pass world ’ s first AI regulatory law
Generative AI, while helping to improve lives, can also pose security, privacy and fraud issues, says Ms Ho.
She noted that AI companies have an ethical and legal responsibility to ensure the safety of their AI products, while at the same time working with governments to protect civil rights and privacy.
She stressed that the White House will work to advance potential new legislation and support new legislation to mitigate the potential harms of AI technology.
In contrast, Europe has taken a step ahead in AI legislation.
On 11 May 2023, the European Parliament ’ s Committee on Civil Liberties and Consumer Protection overwhelmingly approved a position paper calling for restrictions on the use of AI in Europe, a crucial first step towards the adoption of the world ’ s first AI regulation bill.
The draft bill will be submitted to the full European Parliament for a vote in June of the same year, after which representatives of the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission will work out the final terms of the bill in tripartite talks.
The European Parliament has adopted a position paper that strengthens restrictions on biometrics, facial recognition, and the use of AI by police in routine duties.
The parliament believes the move could lead to the world ’ s first AI regulation bill. (Image: Wikipedia)
On the other hand, the White House announced that Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, NVIDIA, Stability AI, Anthropic, and Hugging Face have all committed to participating in DEF CON 31, a computer security conference to be held in August 2023, so that their AI models will be tested and evaluated by hackers and AI experts.
Experts will try to identify errors, failures, and vulnerabilities in AI tools so that AI companies can solve existing problems in their models early on.
However, these AI companies simply agree to a one-time test, rather than a commitment to a continuous evaluation when launching or improving their products, and may therefore not be sufficient to meet the regulatory requirements.
Despite this, DEF CON 31 is still seen as the first step for an AI model to be publicly evaluated.
We hope that after each important first step in legislative regulation and public evaluation, we can put generative AI trains on the right track, so that everyone can safely benefit from technological innovation.
DEF CON is one of the largest computer security conferences in the world. In addition to cybersecurity experts and hackers, participants included staff from the FBI, the Department of Defense, and the Postal Inspection Service.
The conference covered areas such as software security, computer architecture, hardware modifications, and other vulnerable areas of information. (Image: DEF CON official website)
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Content: Baidu smashed 370 million corners "AI godfather" was rejected Google bid 1.4 billion to be successfully recruited
He wanted to hire the “Godfather of AI. ”
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Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI ” in the world this year, joined the Google team before, in fact, and two students were almost by the Chinese company Baidu bid 12 million US dollars (about NT $378 million), but he refused, and finally agreed to Google ’ s bid of 44 million US dollars (about NT $1.387 billion) at an“ auction ”. He worked for Google for 10 years.
In 2012, when 64-year-old University of Toronto professor Hinton and two graduate students published a paper showing the world the potential of AI by training a neural network to recognize unusual objects, such as flowers, dogs and cars, the accuracy of the technology surprised other scientists and attracted the attention of Chinese AI researcher Yu Kai.
Yu Kai, who was already working for Baidu at the time, contacted Hinton at a research conference and both believed that neural networks had great potential.
According to people familiar with the matter, Yu Kai suggested that Baidu executives should hire Hinton as soon as possible, so Baidu offered Hinton and three students $12 million, inviting them to join Baidu Beijing; however, Hinton refused.
In fact, Hinton graduated from Cambridge University, his career in addition to occasionally connecting Microsoft and Google work, most of them stay in the academic circle, although he does not pay much attention to remuneration, but he has a child with neurodiversity (autism, hyperactivity), so under the price of Baidu, he knows he can fight for more money, for the family economy to bring security.
Hinton said he and the student team didn ’ t know “how much we ’ re worth, ” and after consulting lawyers and experts on the acquisition, they decided,“ We ’ re going to organize an auction and sell ourselves. ”
The talent auction was held during the annual AI conference at the Harrah ’ s Casino Hotel in Lake Tahoe, California. The tech giants are ready to grab talent, and companies like Google, Microsoft, or Baidu are beginning to believe that neural networks will be the way for AI to eventually enable machines to think.
Google CEO Larry Page, who had seen similar technology at Google Brain in the company ’ s AI lab, wrote a blank check for Alan Eustace, senior vice president of engineering, to pay for the AI experts he needed.
At the talent auction, the bidding of various technology giants became higher and higher, first raising the bid to $20 million, then $25 million, $30 million, $37 million, during which Microsoft withdrew once, and then withdrew again when the bid rose to about $40 million.
The rest of Baidu and Google bid, the price pushed up to $42 million, $43 million, to $44 million, Dr. Hinton and the students shouted to stop, although the two companies are willing to spend money to continue to pay higher prices, but Hinton and his party want to work for Google, and the reward is quite amazing.
Hinton worked for Google for 10 years, this year Microsoft launched an AI chatbot, set off an AI whirlwind in the world; however, Hinton announced his departure from Google, saying that he left to be free to talk about the risks posed by AI, and now he has "some regrets" about his life's work.
Hinton said that Google has always been the “proper manager ” of AI technology, careful not to release anything that could cause harm, but now that Microsoft has strengthened its Bing search engine with chatbots, it has hit Google ’ s core business, and Google has begun to deploy the same technology.
He believes that as companies continue to improve their AI systems, “they will become more and more dangerous, ” and that the past five years alone have been very different.“ The tech giants are locked in an unstoppable competition. ”
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Content: Geoffrey Hinton, the godfather of AI, said after leaving Google that artificial intelligence is becoming smarter than humans.
2023 / 5 / 3 16: 46: 16 Source: IT House Author: Yuanyang Editor: Yuanyang
IT home May 3 news, one of the pioneers in the field of artificial intelligence, known as the "godfather of AI" Geoffrey Hinton (Geoffrey Hinton) recently announced that he has left the Google company he worked for ten years, because he is increasingly worried about the development of artificial intelligence technology.
In an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper today, he said that he believes artificial intelligence is becoming smarter than humans, and he wants to "blow the whistle" to remind people that they should seriously consider how to prevent artificial intelligence from controlling humans.
I'm just a scientist who suddenly realizes that these things are becoming smarter than we are, "Hinton said." I want to 'blow the whistle' in a way that says we should seriously worry about how to stop these things from taking control of us. "
Hinton was a pioneer in neural network technology, and his research laid the foundation for the artificial intelligence systems used in many products today.
IT House previously reported that he first revealed his departure in an interview with The New York Times on Monday and expressed his concerns about the potential harms of AI technology.
He said he was concerned that AI would lead to mass unemployment and create a world where many people “can ’ t know what ’ s real. ”
He also noted that the pace of advances in AI technology has far exceeded his and others ’ expectations.
If it becomes much smarter than us, it ’ s going to be very good at manipulating because it ’ s learned from us, and there are very few examples of a smarter thing being controlled by a dumber thing, ” Hinton told Tapper on Tuesday.
It will figure out ways to manipulate people into doing what it wants.
Hinton isn ’ t the only tech leader to express concerns about AI, and in March, a group of community members published a letter calling on AI labs to suspend training for at least six months on the most powerful AI systems, citing “profound risks to society and humanity. ”
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, one of those who signed the letter, reiterated concerns about artificial intelligence spreading false information on “CNN Morning ” on Tuesday.“ Deception will become easier for those who want to cheat you. ” Wozniak told CNN, “We ’ re not making any changes in that — we ’ re just assuming that our existing laws will fix the problem. ” Wozniak also said there may be a need for“ some type ” of regulation.
Hinton said he did not sign the petition. “I don ’ t think we can stop this progress, ” he said.“ I didn ’ t sign the petition saying we should stop studying artificial intelligence, because if the Americans stop doing research, the Chinese won ’ t. ” But he admitted that he didn ’ t have a clear solution, “I don ’ t know if we can solve this problem. ”
I believe we should try to think about ways to solve the problem.
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Content: Baidu smashed 370 million corners "AI godfather" was rejected Google bid 1.4 billion to be successfully recruited
He wanted to hire the “Godfather of AI. ”
(Photo / Dazhi Imaging / Associated Press)
Journalist Chang Ching-jung / Integrated Foreign Press Report
Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI ” in the world this year, joined the Google team before, in fact, and two students were almost by the Chinese company Baidu bid 12 million US dollars (about NT $378 million), but he refused, and finally agreed to Google ’ s bid of 44 million US dollars (about NT $1.387 billion) at an“ auction ”. He worked for Google for 10 years.
In 2012, when 64-year-old University of Toronto professor Hinton and two graduate students published a paper showing the world the potential of AI by training a neural network to recognize unusual objects, such as flowers, dogs and cars, the accuracy of the technology surprised other scientists and attracted the attention of Chinese AI researcher Yu Kai.
Yu Kai, who was already working for Baidu at the time, contacted Hinton at a research conference and both believed that neural networks had great potential.
According to people familiar with the matter, Yu Kai suggested that Baidu executives should hire Hinton as soon as possible, so Baidu offered Hinton and three students $12 million, inviting them to join Baidu Beijing; however, Hinton refused.
In fact, Hinton graduated from Cambridge University, his career in addition to occasionally connecting Microsoft and Google work, most of them stay in the academic circle, although he does not pay much attention to remuneration, but he has a child with neurodiversity (autism, hyperactivity), so under the price of Baidu, he knows he can fight for more money, for the family economy to bring security.
Hinton said he and the student team didn ’ t know “how much we ’ re worth, ” and after consulting lawyers and experts on the acquisition, they decided,“ We ’ re going to organize an auction and sell ourselves. ”
The talent auction was held during the annual AI conference at the Harrah ’ s Casino Hotel in Lake Tahoe, California. The tech giants are ready to grab talent, and companies like Google, Microsoft, or Baidu are beginning to believe that neural networks will be the way for AI to eventually enable machines to think.
Google CEO Larry Page, who had seen similar technology at Google Brain in the company ’ s AI lab, wrote a blank check for Alan Eustace, senior vice president of engineering, to pay for the AI experts he needed.
At the talent auction, the bidding of various technology giants became higher and higher, first raising the bid to $20 million, then $25 million, $30 million, $37 million, during which Microsoft withdrew once, and then withdrew again when the bid rose to about $40 million.
The rest of Baidu and Google bid, the price pushed up to $42 million, $43 million, to $44 million, Dr. Hinton and the students shouted to stop, although the two companies are willing to spend money to continue to pay higher prices, but Hinton and his party want to work for Google, and the reward is quite amazing.
Hinton worked for Google for 10 years, this year Microsoft launched an AI chatbot, set off an AI whirlwind in the world; however, Hinton announced his departure from Google, saying that he left to be free to talk about the risks posed by AI, and now he has "some regrets" about his life's work.
Hinton said that Google has always been the “proper manager ” of AI technology, careful not to release anything that could cause harm, but now that Microsoft has strengthened its Bing search engine with chatbots, it has hit Google ’ s core business, and Google has begun to deploy the same technology.
He believes that as companies continue to improve their AI systems, “they will become more and more dangerous, ” and that the past five years alone have been very different.“ The tech giants are locked in an unstoppable competition. ”
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Why did Hinton leave Google when he helped develop AI but later grew concerned about its dangers?

**He also noted that the pace of advances in AI technology has far exceeded his and others' expectations.

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Content: Geoffrey Hinton, the godfather of AI, said after leaving Google that artificial intelligence is becoming smarter than humans.
2023 / 5 / 3 16: 46: 16 Source: IT House Author: Yuanyang Editor: Yuanyang
IT home May 3 news, one of the pioneers in the field of artificial intelligence, known as the "godfather of AI" Geoffrey Hinton (Geoffrey Hinton) recently announced that he has left the Google company he worked for ten years, because he is increasingly worried about the development of artificial intelligence technology.
In an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper today, he said that he believes artificial intelligence is becoming smarter than humans, and he wants to "blow the whistle" to remind people that they should seriously consider how to prevent artificial intelligence from controlling humans.
I'm just a scientist who suddenly realizes that these things are becoming smarter than we are, "Hinton said." I want to 'blow the whistle' in a way that says we should seriously worry about how to stop these things from taking control of us. "
Hinton was a pioneer in neural network technology, and his research laid the foundation for the artificial intelligence systems used in many products today.
IT House previously reported that he first revealed his departure in an interview with The New York Times on Monday and expressed his concerns about the potential harms of AI technology.
He said he was concerned that AI would lead to mass unemployment and create a world where many people “can ’ t know what ’ s real. ”
He also noted that the pace of advances in AI technology has far exceeded his and others ’ expectations.
If it becomes much smarter than us, it ’ s going to be very good at manipulating because it ’ s learned from us, and there are very few examples of a smarter thing being controlled by a dumber thing, ” Hinton told Tapper on Tuesday.
It will figure out ways to manipulate people into doing what it wants.
Hinton isn ’ t the only tech leader to express concerns about AI, and in March, a group of community members published a letter calling on AI labs to suspend training for at least six months on the most powerful AI systems, citing “profound risks to society and humanity. ”
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, one of those who signed the letter, reiterated concerns about artificial intelligence spreading false information on “CNN Morning ” on Tuesday.“ Deception will become easier for those who want to cheat you. ” Wozniak told CNN, “We ’ re not making any changes in that — we ’ re just assuming that our existing laws will fix the problem. ” Wozniak also said there may be a need for“ some type ” of regulation.
Hinton said he did not sign the petition. “I don ’ t think we can stop this progress, ” he said.“ I didn ’ t sign the petition saying we should stop studying artificial intelligence, because if the Americans stop doing research, the Chinese won ’ t. ” But he admitted that he didn ’ t have a clear solution, “I don ’ t know if we can solve this problem. ”
I believe we should try to think about ways to solve the problem.
I don't have a solution at the moment. '
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Key word: artificial intelligence
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US media reported today that Hinton, known as the "godfather of AI", resigned his job at Google to talk openly about the risks of AI and worry that AI will fall into the wrong hands.
He said that it is difficult to see how to prevent bad people from using it to do bad things.
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Geoffrey Hinton, who laid the groundwork for artificial intelligence (AI) systems, told The New York Times that advances in AI pose “great risks to society and humanity. ”
In a report published today in the New York Times, Hinton was quoted as saying, “Look at what it looked like five years ago and now, and the difference and growth, it ’ s really scary. ”
Hinton pointed out that competition among tech giants has prompted these companies to release new AI technologies at a dangerous rate, which will endanger people ’ s jobs and spread misinformation.
"It's hard to see how you can prevent bad people from using it (AI) to do bad things," he told the New York Times.
OpenAI, the startup behind Google and now the most powerful AI chatbot, ChatGPT, began using more data than ever before to develop systems in 2022.
Hinton told the New York Times that he believes these systems are surpassing human intelligence in some ways because of the sheer volume of data they analyze.
"Perhaps these systems are already stronger than the human brain," he said.
While AI has been used to support human needs for work, the rapid development of chatbots like ChatGPT could put human jobs at risk.
He told the New York Times that AI is “taking on a chore, ” but“ it ’ s probably going to do more than that. ”
Hinton also warned that AI could spread false information, telling the New York Times that the average person would “no longer know what ’ s true. ”
According to the New York Times, Hinton tendered his resignation to Google last month.
Google ’ s head of AI, Jeff Dean, thanked Hinton in a statement to the US media.
"As one of the first companies to publish AI principles, we remain committed to taking a responsible approach to AI," the statement added.
"While we are bold and innovative, we are constantly discovering new risks."
Tech billionaire Elon Musk and many experts have called for a moratorium on the development of AI systems to allow time to ensure the technology is safe.
After the launch of the GPT-4, which is more powerful than the AI used by ChatGPT, Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak signed an open letter.
Hinton, who was not involved in the petition, told the New York Times that scientists shouldn ’ t “further scale research and development ” until they know if they can control AI.

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The US media reported today that Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI ”, resigned his job at Google and openly talked about the risks of AI, worried that AI would fall into the wrong hands.
He says it ’ s hard to see how to prevent bad people from using it to do bad things.
Geoffrey Hinton, who laid the groundwork for artificial intelligence (AI) systems, told The New York Times that advances in AI pose “great risks to society and humanity. ”
In a report published today in The New York Times, Hinton was quoted as saying, “Look at how it looked five years ago and now, the difference and growth, it ’ s really scary. ”
Hinton pointed out that competition among tech giants is driving these companies to release new AI technologies at a dangerous rate, which will endanger people ’ s jobs and spread misinformation.
"It's hard to see how you can prevent bad people from using AI to do bad things," he told the New York Times.
OpenAI, the startup behind Google and now the most powerful AI chatbot, ChatGPT, began developing systems with more data than ever before in 2022.
Hinton told the New York Times that he believes these systems are surpassing human intelligence in some ways because of the sheer volume of data they analyze.
"Perhaps these systems are already more powerful than the human brain," he said.
While AI has been used to support human needs for work, the rapid development of chatbots like ChatGPT could leave human jobs in jeopardy.
He told the New York Times that AI was “taking on a chore, ” but that“ it ’ s probably going to do more than that. ”
Hinton also warned that AI could spread the wrong message, telling the New York Times that the average person would “never know what ’ s true again. ”
According to the New York Times, Hinton submitted his resignation to Google last month.
Google ’ s head of AI, Jeff Dean, expressed his gratitude to Hinton in a statement to the US media.
“As one of the first companies to publish AI principles, we remain committed to taking a responsible approach to AI, ” the statement added.
“While we innovate boldly, we are constantly discovering new risks. ”
Tech billionaire Elon Musk and many experts have called for a pause in the development of AI systems to allow time to ensure the technology is safe.
After the introduction of GPT-4, which is more powerful than the AI used by ChatGPT, Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak signed an open letter.
Hinton, who was not involved in the petition, told the New York Times that scientists should not “further scale research and development ” until they understood if they could control AI.
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Geoffrey Hinton, who laid the groundwork for artificial intelligence (AI) systems, told The New York Times that advances in AI pose “great risks to society and humanity. ”
In a report published today in The New York Times, Hinton was quoted as saying, “Look at how it looked five years ago and now, the difference and growth, it ’ s really scary. ”
Hinton pointed out that competition among tech giants is driving these companies to release new AI technologies at a dangerous rate, which will endanger people ’ s jobs and spread misinformation.
"It's hard to see how you can prevent bad people from using AI to do bad things," he told the New York Times.
OpenAI, the startup behind Google and now the most powerful AI chatbot, ChatGPT, began developing systems with more data than ever before in 2022.
Hinton told the New York Times that he believes these systems are surpassing human intelligence in some ways because of the sheer volume of data they analyze.
"Perhaps these systems are already more powerful than the human brain," he said.
While AI has been used to support human needs for work, the rapid development of chatbots like ChatGPT could leave human jobs in jeopardy.
He told the New York Times that AI was “taking on a chore, ” but that“ it ’ s probably going to do more than that. ”
Hinton also warned that AI could spread the wrong message, telling the New York Times that the average person would “never know what ’ s true again. ”
According to the New York Times, Hinton submitted his resignation to Google last month.
Google ’ s head of AI, Jeff Dean, expressed his gratitude to Hinton in a statement to the US media.
“As one of the first companies to publish AI principles, we remain committed to taking a responsible approach to AI, ” the statement added.
“While we innovate boldly, we are constantly discovering new risks. ”
Tech billionaire Elon Musk and many experts have called for a pause in the development of AI systems to allow time to ensure the technology is safe.
After the introduction of GPT-4, which is more powerful than the AI used by ChatGPT, Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak signed an open letter.
Hinton, who was not involved in the petition, told the New York Times that scientists should not “further scale research and development ” until they understood if they could control AI.
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What did Hinton, the renowned British-Canadian expert reveal about AI that caused widespread concern?

Exposed serious AI risks, shocking the tech world and affecting major company stocks.

What risks did Hinton associate with AI's rapid advancement?

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Content: Baidu smashed 370 million corners "AI godfather" was rejected Google bid 1.4 billion to be successfully recruited
He wanted to hire the “Godfather of AI. ”
(Photo / Dazhi Imaging / Associated Press)
Journalist Chang Ching-jung / Integrated Foreign Press Report
Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI ” in the world this year, joined the Google team before, in fact, and two students were almost by the Chinese company Baidu bid 12 million US dollars (about NT $378 million), but he refused, and finally agreed to Google ’ s bid of 44 million US dollars (about NT $1.387 billion) at an“ auction ”. He worked for Google for 10 years.
In 2012, when 64-year-old University of Toronto professor Hinton and two graduate students published a paper showing the world the potential of AI by training a neural network to recognize unusual objects, such as flowers, dogs and cars, the accuracy of the technology surprised other scientists and attracted the attention of Chinese AI researcher Yu Kai.
Yu Kai, who was already working for Baidu at the time, contacted Hinton at a research conference and both believed that neural networks had great potential.
According to people familiar with the matter, Yu Kai suggested that Baidu executives should hire Hinton as soon as possible, so Baidu offered Hinton and three students $12 million, inviting them to join Baidu Beijing; however, Hinton refused.
In fact, Hinton graduated from Cambridge University, his career in addition to occasionally connecting Microsoft and Google work, most of them stay in the academic circle, although he does not pay much attention to remuneration, but he has a child with neurodiversity (autism, hyperactivity), so under the price of Baidu, he knows he can fight for more money, for the family economy to bring security.
Hinton said he and the student team didn ’ t know “how much we ’ re worth, ” and after consulting lawyers and experts on the acquisition, they decided,“ We ’ re going to organize an auction and sell ourselves. ”
The talent auction was held during the annual AI conference at the Harrah ’ s Casino Hotel in Lake Tahoe, California. The tech giants are ready to grab talent, and companies like Google, Microsoft, or Baidu are beginning to believe that neural networks will be the way for AI to eventually enable machines to think.
Google CEO Larry Page, who had seen similar technology at Google Brain in the company ’ s AI lab, wrote a blank check for Alan Eustace, senior vice president of engineering, to pay for the AI experts he needed.
At the talent auction, the bidding of various technology giants became higher and higher, first raising the bid to $20 million, then $25 million, $30 million, $37 million, during which Microsoft withdrew once, and then withdrew again when the bid rose to about $40 million.
The rest of Baidu and Google bid, the price pushed up to $42 million, $43 million, to $44 million, Dr. Hinton and the students shouted to stop, although the two companies are willing to spend money to continue to pay higher prices, but Hinton and his party want to work for Google, and the reward is quite amazing.
Hinton worked for Google for 10 years, this year Microsoft launched an AI chatbot, set off an AI whirlwind in the world; however, Hinton announced his departure from Google, saying that he left to be free to talk about the risks posed by AI, and now he has "some regrets" about his life's work.
Hinton said that Google has always been the “proper manager ” of AI technology, careful not to release anything that could cause harm, but now that Microsoft has strengthened its Bing search engine with chatbots, it has hit Google ’ s core business, and Google has begun to deploy the same technology.
He believes that as companies continue to improve their AI systems, “they will become more and more dangerous, ” and that the past five years alone have been very different.“ The tech giants are locked in an unstoppable competition. ”
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US media reported today that Hinton, known as the "godfather of AI", resigned his job at Google to talk openly about the risks of AI and worry that AI will fall into the wrong hands.
He said that it is difficult to see how to prevent bad people from using it to do bad things.
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Geoffrey Hinton, who laid the groundwork for artificial intelligence (AI) systems, told The New York Times that advances in AI pose “great risks to society and humanity. ”
In a report published today in the New York Times, Hinton was quoted as saying, “Look at what it looked like five years ago and now, and the difference and growth, it ’ s really scary. ”
Hinton pointed out that competition among tech giants has prompted these companies to release new AI technologies at a dangerous rate, which will endanger people ’ s jobs and spread misinformation.
"It's hard to see how you can prevent bad people from using it (AI) to do bad things," he told the New York Times.
OpenAI, the startup behind Google and now the most powerful AI chatbot, ChatGPT, began using more data than ever before to develop systems in 2022.
Hinton told the New York Times that he believes these systems are surpassing human intelligence in some ways because of the sheer volume of data they analyze.
"Perhaps these systems are already stronger than the human brain," he said.
While AI has been used to support human needs for work, the rapid development of chatbots like ChatGPT could put human jobs at risk.
He told the New York Times that AI is “taking on a chore, ” but“ it ’ s probably going to do more than that. ”
Hinton also warned that AI could spread false information, telling the New York Times that the average person would “no longer know what ’ s true. ”
According to the New York Times, Hinton tendered his resignation to Google last month.
Google ’ s head of AI, Jeff Dean, thanked Hinton in a statement to the US media.
"As one of the first companies to publish AI principles, we remain committed to taking a responsible approach to AI," the statement added.
"While we are bold and innovative, we are constantly discovering new risks."
Tech billionaire Elon Musk and many experts have called for a moratorium on the development of AI systems to allow time to ensure the technology is safe.
After the launch of the GPT-4, which is more powerful than the AI used by ChatGPT, Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak signed an open letter.
Hinton, who was not involved in the petition, told the New York Times that scientists shouldn ’ t “further scale research and development ” until they know if they can control AI.

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The US media reported today that Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI ”, resigned his job at Google and openly talked about the risks of AI, worried that AI would fall into the wrong hands.
He says it ’ s hard to see how to prevent bad people from using it to do bad things.
Geoffrey Hinton, who laid the groundwork for artificial intelligence (AI) systems, told The New York Times that advances in AI pose “great risks to society and humanity. ”
In a report published today in The New York Times, Hinton was quoted as saying, “Look at how it looked five years ago and now, the difference and growth, it ’ s really scary. ”
Hinton pointed out that competition among tech giants is driving these companies to release new AI technologies at a dangerous rate, which will endanger people ’ s jobs and spread misinformation.
"It's hard to see how you can prevent bad people from using AI to do bad things," he told the New York Times.
OpenAI, the startup behind Google and now the most powerful AI chatbot, ChatGPT, began developing systems with more data than ever before in 2022.
Hinton told the New York Times that he believes these systems are surpassing human intelligence in some ways because of the sheer volume of data they analyze.
"Perhaps these systems are already more powerful than the human brain," he said.
While AI has been used to support human needs for work, the rapid development of chatbots like ChatGPT could leave human jobs in jeopardy.
He told the New York Times that AI was “taking on a chore, ” but that“ it ’ s probably going to do more than that. ”
Hinton also warned that AI could spread the wrong message, telling the New York Times that the average person would “never know what ’ s true again. ”
According to the New York Times, Hinton submitted his resignation to Google last month.
Google ’ s head of AI, Jeff Dean, expressed his gratitude to Hinton in a statement to the US media.
“As one of the first companies to publish AI principles, we remain committed to taking a responsible approach to AI, ” the statement added.
“While we innovate boldly, we are constantly discovering new risks. ”
Tech billionaire Elon Musk and many experts have called for a pause in the development of AI systems to allow time to ensure the technology is safe.
After the introduction of GPT-4, which is more powerful than the AI used by ChatGPT, Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak signed an open letter.
Hinton, who was not involved in the petition, told the New York Times that scientists should not “further scale research and development ” until they understood if they could control AI.
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The US media reported today that Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI ”, resigned his job at Google and openly talked about the risks of AI, worried that AI would fall into the wrong hands.
He says it ’ s hard to see how to prevent bad people from using it to do bad things.
Geoffrey Hinton, who laid the groundwork for artificial intelligence (AI) systems, told The New York Times that advances in AI pose “great risks to society and humanity. ”
In a report published today in The New York Times, Hinton was quoted as saying, “Look at how it looked five years ago and now, the difference and growth, it ’ s really scary. ”
Hinton pointed out that competition among tech giants is driving these companies to release new AI technologies at a dangerous rate, which will endanger people ’ s jobs and spread misinformation.
"It's hard to see how you can prevent bad people from using AI to do bad things," he told the New York Times.
OpenAI, the startup behind Google and now the most powerful AI chatbot, ChatGPT, began developing systems with more data than ever before in 2022.
Hinton told the New York Times that he believes these systems are surpassing human intelligence in some ways because of the sheer volume of data they analyze.
"Perhaps these systems are already more powerful than the human brain," he said.
While AI has been used to support human needs for work, the rapid development of chatbots like ChatGPT could leave human jobs in jeopardy.
He told the New York Times that AI was “taking on a chore, ” but that“ it ’ s probably going to do more than that. ”
Hinton also warned that AI could spread the wrong message, telling the New York Times that the average person would “never know what ’ s true again. ”
According to the New York Times, Hinton submitted his resignation to Google last month.
Google ’ s head of AI, Jeff Dean, expressed his gratitude to Hinton in a statement to the US media.
“As one of the first companies to publish AI principles, we remain committed to taking a responsible approach to AI, ” the statement added.
“While we innovate boldly, we are constantly discovering new risks. ”
Tech billionaire Elon Musk and many experts have called for a pause in the development of AI systems to allow time to ensure the technology is safe.
After the introduction of GPT-4, which is more powerful than the AI used by ChatGPT, Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak signed an open letter.
Hinton, who was not involved in the petition, told the New York Times that scientists should not “further scale research and development ” until they understood if they could control AI.
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What is the AI problem called confabulation, according to Hinton?

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Why did Hinton leave Google when he helped develop AI but later grew concerned about its dangers?

**Hinton isn’t the only tech leader to express concerns about AI, and in March, a group of community members published a letter calling on AI labs to suspend training for at least six months on the most powerful AI systems, citing 'profound risks to society and humanity.

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2023 / 5 / 3 16: 46: 16 Source: IT House Author: Yuanyang Editor: Yuanyang
IT home May 3 news, one of the pioneers in the field of artificial intelligence, known as the "godfather of AI" Geoffrey Hinton (Geoffrey Hinton) recently announced that he has left the Google company he worked for ten years, because he is increasingly worried about the development of artificial intelligence technology.
In an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper today, he said that he believes artificial intelligence is becoming smarter than humans, and he wants to "blow the whistle" to remind people that they should seriously consider how to prevent artificial intelligence from controlling humans.
I'm just a scientist who suddenly realizes that these things are becoming smarter than we are, "Hinton said." I want to 'blow the whistle' in a way that says we should seriously worry about how to stop these things from taking control of us. "
Hinton was a pioneer in neural network technology, and his research laid the foundation for the artificial intelligence systems used in many products today.
IT House previously reported that he first revealed his departure in an interview with The New York Times on Monday and expressed his concerns about the potential harms of AI technology.
He said he was concerned that AI would lead to mass unemployment and create a world where many people “can ’ t know what ’ s real. ”
He also noted that the pace of advances in AI technology has far exceeded his and others ’ expectations.
If it becomes much smarter than us, it ’ s going to be very good at manipulating because it ’ s learned from us, and there are very few examples of a smarter thing being controlled by a dumber thing, ” Hinton told Tapper on Tuesday.
It will figure out ways to manipulate people into doing what it wants.
Hinton isn ’ t the only tech leader to express concerns about AI, and in March, a group of community members published a letter calling on AI labs to suspend training for at least six months on the most powerful AI systems, citing “profound risks to society and humanity. ”
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, one of those who signed the letter, reiterated concerns about artificial intelligence spreading false information on “CNN Morning ” on Tuesday.“ Deception will become easier for those who want to cheat you. ” Wozniak told CNN, “We ’ re not making any changes in that — we ’ re just assuming that our existing laws will fix the problem. ” Wozniak also said there may be a need for“ some type ” of regulation.
Hinton said he did not sign the petition. “I don ’ t think we can stop this progress, ” he said.“ I didn ’ t sign the petition saying we should stop studying artificial intelligence, because if the Americans stop doing research, the Chinese won ’ t. ” But he admitted that he didn ’ t have a clear solution, “I don ’ t know if we can solve this problem. ”
I believe we should try to think about ways to solve the problem.
I don't have a solution at the moment. '
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What is the AI problem called confabulation, according to Hinton?

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Why did Hinton leave Google when he helped develop AI but later grew concerned about its dangers?

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What is the AI problem called confabulation, according to Hinton?

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Why did Hinton leave Google when he helped develop AI but later grew concerned about its dangers?

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The US media reported today that Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI ”, resigned his job at Google and openly talked about the risks of AI, worried that AI would fall into the wrong hands.
He says it ’ s hard to see how to prevent bad people from using it to do bad things.
Geoffrey Hinton, who laid the groundwork for artificial intelligence (AI) systems, told The New York Times that advances in AI pose “great risks to society and humanity. ”
In a report published today in The New York Times, Hinton was quoted as saying, “Look at how it looked five years ago and now, the difference and growth, it ’ s really scary. ”
Hinton pointed out that competition among tech giants is driving these companies to release new AI technologies at a dangerous rate, which will endanger people ’ s jobs and spread misinformation.
"It's hard to see how you can prevent bad people from using AI to do bad things," he told the New York Times.
OpenAI, the startup behind Google and now the most powerful AI chatbot, ChatGPT, began developing systems with more data than ever before in 2022.
Hinton told the New York Times that he believes these systems are surpassing human intelligence in some ways because of the sheer volume of data they analyze.
"Perhaps these systems are already more powerful than the human brain," he said.
While AI has been used to support human needs for work, the rapid development of chatbots like ChatGPT could leave human jobs in jeopardy.
He told the New York Times that AI was “taking on a chore, ” but that“ it ’ s probably going to do more than that. ”
Hinton also warned that AI could spread the wrong message, telling the New York Times that the average person would “never know what ’ s true again. ”
According to the New York Times, Hinton submitted his resignation to Google last month.
Google ’ s head of AI, Jeff Dean, expressed his gratitude to Hinton in a statement to the US media.
“As one of the first companies to publish AI principles, we remain committed to taking a responsible approach to AI, ” the statement added.
“While we innovate boldly, we are constantly discovering new risks. ”
Tech billionaire Elon Musk and many experts have called for a pause in the development of AI systems to allow time to ensure the technology is safe.
After the introduction of GPT-4, which is more powerful than the AI used by ChatGPT, Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak signed an open letter.
Hinton, who was not involved in the petition, told the New York Times that scientists should not “further scale research and development ” until they understood if they could control AI.
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What is the AI problem called confabulation, according to Hinton?

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Why did Hinton leave Google when he helped develop AI but later grew concerned about its dangers?