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Geoffrey Hinton, a computer scientist who has been called "the godfather of artificial intelligence", says it is "not inconceivable" that AI may develop to the point where it poses a threat to humanity:
The computer scientist sat down with CBS News this week about his predictions for the advancement of AI. He compared the invention of AI to electricity or the wheel.
Hinton, who works at Google and the University of Toronto, said that the development of general purpose AI is progressing sooner than people may imagine. General purpose AI is artificial intelligence with several intended and unintended purposes, including speech recognition, answering questions and translation.
"Until quite recently, I thought it was going to be like 20 to 50 years before we have general purpose AI. And now I think it may be 20 years or less," Hinton predicted. Asked specifically the chances of AI "wiping out humanity," Hinton said, "I think it's not inconceivable. That's all I'll say."
[...] Hinton said it was plausible for computers to eventually gain the ability to create ideas to improve themselves.
Also at CBS News. Originally spotted on The Eponymous Pickle.
Previously: OpenAI's New ChatGPT Bot: 10 "Dangerous" Things it's Capable of
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 30 2023, @12:34PM
> Soon everyone may get completely unique customized content unlike canned content
This is a scary threat that I can believe, thanks.
Without realizing it, I think I've already been fighting this off when I compare search results with friends--we search for the same things, but live in different parts of the world and have already been pigeon-holed by our past searches. So far the disparities seem pretty benign, annoying at best. However, if someone (or an AI) started controlling this actively I could see real trouble ahead.