‘AI Godfather’ Warns Superintelligent Machines Could Kill Off Humans With Biowarfare
The post ‘AI Godfather’ Warns Superintelligent Machines Could Kill Off Humans With Biowarfare appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. In brief Geoffrey Hinton warned that artificial intelligence could surpass human intelligence and become uncontrollable. He outlined threats from both human misuse and autonomous AI, including cyberattacks, misinformation, and biological weapons. Hinton called profit motives one of the key reasons AI development won’t slow down. Geoffrey Hinton, widely known as the “Godfather of AI,” issued his starkest warning yet in a new interview, cautioning that artificial intelligence poses not only a threat to jobs, but also an existential risk to humanity as a whole as the world races toward superintelligent machines. Speaking on the “Diary of a CEO” podcast, Hinton outlined a grim vision of the future, suggesting that AI could eventually decide that humanity itself is obsolete. “There’s no way we’re going to prevent it getting rid of us if it wants to,” Hinton said. “We’re not used to thinking about things smarter than us. If you want to know what life’s like when you’re not the apex intelligence, ask a chicken.” Hinton said the threat will take two distinct forms: those stemming from human misuse, such as cyberattacks, the spread of misinformation, and the creation of autonomous weapons; and those arising from AI systems that become fully autonomous and uncontrollable. “They can make lethal autonomous weapons now, and I think all the big defense departments are busy making them,” he said. “Even if they’re not smarter than people, they’re still very nasty, scary things.” In May 2023, Hinton, a pioneer in neural networks, left Google and the University of Toronto after more than a decade working on artificial intelligence, so that he could speak freely about the technology’s dangers. Hinton’s warning comes amid a surge in military applications of AI. Recent developments have highlighted the rapid integration of technology into defense operations, with the United States leading…
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In brief Geoffrey Hinton warned that artificial intelligence could surpass human intelligence and become uncontrollable. He outlined threats from both human misuse and autonomous AI, including cyberattacks, misinformation, and biological weapons. Hinton called profit motives one of the key reasons AI development won’t slow down. Geoffrey Hinton, widely known as the “Godfather of AI,” issued his starkest warning yet in a new interview, cautioning that artificial intelligence poses not only a threat to jobs, but also an existential risk to humanity as a whole as the world races toward superintelligent machines. Speaking on the “Diary of a CEO” podcast, Hinton outlined a grim vision of the future, suggesting that AI could eventually decide that humanity itself is obsolete. “There’s no way we’re going to prevent it getting rid of us if it wants to,” Hinton said. “We’re not used to thinking about things smarter than us. If you want to know what life’s like when you’re not the apex intelligence, ask a chicken.” Hinton said the threat will take two distinct forms: those stemming from human misuse, such as cyberattacks, the spread of misinformation, and the creation of autonomous weapons; and those arising from AI systems that become fully autonomous and uncontrollable. “They can make lethal autonomous weapons now, and I think all the big defense departments are busy making them,” he said. “Even if they’re not smarter than people, they’re still very nasty, scary things.” In May 2023, Hinton, a pioneer in neural networks, left Google and the University of Toronto after more than a decade working on artificial intelligence, so that he could speak freely about the technology’s dangers. Hinton’s warning comes amid a surge in military applications of AI. Recent developments have highlighted the rapid integration of technology into defense operations, with the United States leading…
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