AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton said he left Google to speak freely about the dangers of the technology after realizing computers could become smarter than people much sooner than he and other experts expected.
“I left so I could talk about the dangers of AI without considering how it affects Google,” Hinton wrote on Twitter.
In an interview with The New York Times, Hinton said he is concerned about the technology’s ability to create compelling fake images and text, creating a world where people “will no longer be able to know what is true.”
“It’s hard to see how you can stop bad actors from using it for bad things,” she said.
Technology can quickly replace workers and become a greater danger as it learns new behaviors.
“The idea that these things can actually get smarter than people — some people have bought into it,” he told The New York Times. “But most people thought it was wrong. And I thought it was a long way off. I thought it was 30 to 50 years or even further away. Obviously, I don’t think that way anymore.”
In his tweet, Hinton said Google “acted very responsibly.” He denied that he resigned in order to criticize his former employer.
Alphabet’s Google did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The Times quoted Jeff Dean, chief scientist at Google, as saying in a statement, “We remain committed to a responsible approach to AI. We continually learn to understand emerging risks while boldly innovating.”
Source: Terra
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