Geoffrey Hinton, an artificial intelligence pioneer known as one of the “godfathers of AI” resigned from his position at Google so that he could openly express his concerns about how A.I. could cause significant harm to the world.
Hinton admitted in a New York Times interview that he now partly regrets his life’s work. Despite the beneficial uses of A.I., Hinton fears that the technology could be used irresponsibly, unleashing unintended consequences.
Hinton is worried that competition between tech giants like Google and Microsoft to create the most advanced A.I. will result in a global race that will not stop without some form of worldwide regulation. However, he was also emphatic in pointing out that he thought that Google has acted responsibly in its research:
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.
— Geoffrey Hinton (@geoffreyhinton) May 1, 2023
Hinton is known for popularizing the theoretical development of neural networks
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