Geoffrey Hinton, a software engineer often considered the “godfather of artificial intelligence,” said he was “very worried” that artificial intelligence technology would “take away a lot of mundane tasks” and said that task would fall to governments to deal with the impact of artificial intelligence. intelligence (AI) on income inequality.
Hinton, who worked at Google until last year, said that while artificial intelligence will augment productivity and wealth, the money will go to the opulent “not to the people who will lose their jobs, which will be very bad for society.”
He noted that the government will have to establish a universal basic income, which means it will have to pay all people a set basic salary, regardless of their means.
“I was consulted by people in Downing Street and I advised them that a universal basic income was a good idea,” Hinton, who left Google to talk more freely about the dangers of unregulated artificial intelligence, told the BBC.
Hinton concerned about ’emerging extinction-level threats’
Hinton has previously said that some of the risks associated with AI chatbots are “pretty scary.” In his opinion, chatbots can become smarter than humans and can be used by “bad actors”.
The AI can “evolve to become motivated to do more” and can autonomously “develop a sub-goal of gaining control,” pointing to evidence that vast language models are choosing to cheat.
Hinton opposes the utilize of artificial intelligence technology in the military “I would guess that in five to 20 years we will be half as likely to have to deal with the problem of artificial intelligence trying to take over,” he said.
According to Hinton, this will lead to an “extinction-level threat” to humans because they may have “created a form of intelligence that is simply superior to biological intelligence… That worries us greatly.”
“What worries me most is when they will be able to make the decision to kill people on their own,” he added.
Hinton, who worked at Google until last year, said that while artificial intelligence will augment productivity and wealth, the money will go to the opulent “not to the people who will lose their jobs, which will be very bad for society.”
He noted that the government will have to establish a universal basic income, which means it will have to pay all people a set basic salary, regardless of their means.
“I was consulted by people in Downing Street and I advised them that a universal basic income was a good idea,” Hinton, who left Google to talk more freely about the dangers of unregulated artificial intelligence, told the BBC.
Hinton concerned about ’emerging extinction-level threats’
Hinton has previously said that some of the risks associated with AI chatbots are “pretty scary.” In his opinion, chatbots can become smarter than humans and can be used by “bad actors”.
The AI can “evolve to become motivated to do more” and can autonomously “develop a sub-goal of gaining control,” pointing to evidence that vast language models are choosing to cheat.
Hinton opposes the utilize of artificial intelligence technology in the military “I would guess that in five to 20 years we will be half as likely to have to deal with the problem of artificial intelligence trying to take over,” he said.
According to Hinton, this will lead to an “extinction-level threat” to humans because they may have “created a form of intelligence that is simply superior to biological intelligence… That worries us greatly.”
“What worries me most is when they will be able to make the decision to kill people on their own,” he added.
