75 year old Geoffrey Hintonwhich is considered godfather of artificial intelligenceresigned from his job at Google after expressing concern about growing risks in AI.

A BBC report said Dr Hinton announced his resignation in a statement to the New York Times, saying he now regrets his job. He also stressed that some of the risks chat bots artificial intelligence ispretty scary” and added that “at the moment they are not smarter than us, I can say that. But I think they might soon“.

He also acknowledged that his age played a role in his decision to leave the tech giant. In an interview with the BBC, he stressed:I’m 75 so it’s time to retire“.

His pioneering research neural networks And deep learning (deep learning) paved the way for modern AI systems such as ChatGPT. In artificial intelligence, neural networks are neural systems. human brain how they learn and process information.

They allow AI platforms to learn from experience, As a person. This it’s called deep learning.

OUR British Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer expert said that chat bots soon they will be able to surpass the level of information that the human brain possesses. “Right now we are seeing things like GPT-4 eclipse a man in the degree of general knowledge that he possesses – and this eclipses him very much.

He indicated that he was not that capable in terms of reasoning, “but already applies simple logical methods”. And given the pace of progress, “we expect the situation to improve fairly quickly. So we have to worry about that.”

In the article The newspaper “New York TimesDr. Hinton referred to “negative factors“who will try to use artificial intelligence to “unpleasant things“.

Asked by the BBC for clarification, he replied: “This is just the worst possible scenario, a kind of nightmare. You can imagine, for example, someone like the President of Russia Vladimir Putinto give bots the ability to create their own sub-targets.”

And he warned that eventually “subgoals like this one could be created.”i need more power“”.

“I have come to the conclusion that the type of intelligence that we develop is very different from the intelligence that we have. We are biological systems, and these are digital systems. And the big difference is that in digital systems there are several copies of the same set of weights, of the same model. And all these copies can learn separately, but share their knowledge instantly. It’s like if you had 10,000 people and when one person learned something, everyone would automatically know it.. And so these chatbots can know much more than any person,” he added.

OUR Matt Clifford, chairman of the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency, told the BBC that Hinton’s statement “highlights the pace at which AI capabilities are accelerating.” “There are huge benefits to be gained from this technology, but it is important that the world urgently invests in AI security and control,” he said.

Dr. Hinton joins a growing number of experts expressing concern about artificial intelligence – both the speed at which it is evolving and the direction in which it is moving.

“We must take a step back”

In March, an open letter signed by dozens of people in the field of artificial intelligence, including Elon Musk– urged to stop the development of more advanced versions ChatGPTso that reliable security measures can be developed.

OUR Joshua Benzioanother AI godfather who, along with Dr. Hinton and Jan LeCun they won it Turing Award 2018 for their work in the field of deep learning, also signed a letter. Mr. Benzio noted that due to the “unexpected acceleration” in artificial intelligence systems, “we have to take a step back.”

Dr Hinton, for his part, told the BBC that “in the short term” artificial intelligence will bring much more benefits than risks, “so I don’t think we should stop development.” He added that international competition makes the brake extremely difficult, so “even if everyone in the US stops developing it, China will just get a big advantage.”

He added that he is an expert in science, not politics, and that governments have a responsibility to ensure that artificial intelligence is developed “with great care that it does not become harmful.”

“Responsible Approach”

Dr. Hinton stressed that he does not want to criticize Google and that the tech giant is “very responsible.” “I really want to say some good things about Google. And they become more reliable when I’m not working there.”

In a statement, Google’s Chief Scientist Jeff Dean, assured: “We remain committed to a responsible approach to artificial intelligence. We are constantly learning to understand emerging risks by boldly innovating.”

This is a reminder that AI chatbots are just one aspect of AI, even if they are the most popular at the moment. AI behind them algorithms that dictate to platforms that we are watching video. It can be used when applying for a job filters job applicationsinsurers to calculate insurance premiums, can make medical diagnoses (although doctors still have the final say).

What we see now is his rise AGI –artificial general intelligence– which can trained to do many things within a mission. For example, ChatGPT it can only offer text responses to a query, but the possibilities, as we can see, are endless.

The speed with which artificial intelligence is accelerating surprised even its creators. It has changed significantly since Dr. Hinton created a groundbreaking neural network for image analysis in 2012.

Even the Google boss Sudar Pichaisaid in an interview that even he didn’t fully understand everything the AI ​​chatbot was doing, Bard.

The BBC concludes by noting that “right now we are on a high speed train and there are fears that one day it will start building its own tracks“.

Source: BBC