Known as the godfather of artificial intelligence, Geoffrey Hinton has quit working for Google to freely talk about the danger of AI technology that he helped develop so that his words wouldn’t affect the tech giant.
Hinton received endless praise for his work on artificial neural networks, which helped shape AI systems and power various AI products.
The New York Times was the first to report on his decision to leave Google, which is later addressed in a tweet saying “In the NYT today, Cade Metz implies that I left Google so that I could criticize Google. Actually, I left so that I could talk about the dangers of AI without considering how this impacts Google. Google has acted very responsibly.”
Hinton expressed worries about the potential for AI to destroy jobs and produce a society where many people will no longer be able to discern what is true, in an interview with the same media.
In addition, he emphasized how quickly things had advanced, far faster than he and others had predicted.
The computer scientist has addressed AI dangers before quitting Google, said CNN, quoting him “I believe that the rapid progress of AI is going to transform society in ways we do not fully understand and not all of the effects are going to be good.”
Back in March, many tech leaders, including Twitter and Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, signed a letter calling for AI labs to stop training powerful AI systems for at least six months, for their profound risks to society and humanity.
The letter stated that the pause should apply to AI systems that are “more powerful than GPT-4.”
As AI develops, the world is growing more alarmed by its vast potential, and concerns are raised about how it will affect humanity in the long term.
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