Geoffrey Hinton leaves Google and warns of danger ahead
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Re: Geoffrey Hinton leaves Google and warns of danger ahead
#2What little consolation I had that maybe the experts of AI who continued to insist we needn’t worry too much know better, evaporates with this news. I am reminded that even a year back the experts were absolutely confident (as is mentioned in this article, including Hinton) that really intelligent AI is 30 years ahead. Anyone still trying to argue that we needn’t worry about AI, better have a mathematical proof of that assertion.
Re: Geoffrey Hinton leaves Google and warns of danger ahead
#3Hinton responded on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/geoffreyhinton/status/165299357072121037...
Re: Geoffrey Hinton leaves Google and warns of danger ahead
#4> the average person will not be able to know what is true anymore
We barely held things together as society without AI unleashing cognitive noise at industrial scale.
Somehow we must find ways to re-channel the potential of digital technology for the betterment of society, not its annihilation.
Re: Geoffrey Hinton leaves Google and warns of danger ahead
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#6Hinton responded on Twitter: https://twitter.com/geoffreyhinton/status/165299357072121037...
Cade Metz is the same hack who tried to smear Scott Alexander. This guy is the personification of journalistic malpractice.
Re: Geoffrey Hinton leaves Google and warns of danger ahead
#7When channelling Oppenheimer, it is worth remembering that von Neumann quipped:
"Some people profess guilt to claim credit for sin."
Re: Geoffrey Hinton leaves Google and warns of danger ahead
#8Regardless of whether it becomes some rogue AI Agent we've read about in sci-fi novels for decades; AI Tech is dangerous because of how powerful it is and how quickly it became so powerful. Oh, and our AI Tech has probably trained on all of those AI novels...
Re: Geoffrey Hinton leaves Google and warns of danger ahead
#9What little consolation I had that maybe the experts of AI who continued to insist we needn’t worry too much know better, evaporates with this news. I am reminded that even a year back the experts were absolutely confident (as is mentioned in this article, including Hinton) that really intelligent AI is 30 years ahead. Anyone still trying to argue that we needn’t worry about AI, better have a mathematical proof of th…
What exactly are people proposing? We bury our head in the sand and ban the development of neural networks?
Sure, we can all agree to be worried about it, but I don’t see what drumming up anxiety accomplishes.
The world changing is nothing new.
Re: Geoffrey Hinton leaves Google and warns of danger ahead
#10What little consolation I had that maybe the experts of AI who continued to insist we needn’t worry too much know better, evaporates with this news. I am reminded that even a year back the experts were absolutely confident (as is mentioned in this article, including Hinton) that really intelligent AI is 30 years ahead. Anyone still trying to argue that we needn’t worry about AI, better have a mathematical proof of th…
Most still believe that "really intelligent AI" is still a long way off, from what I have seen. Many have started to believe there can be a lot of harm caused by the systems well before then, however.