The guy who is frequently referred to as the “godfather of AI” has left Google, expressing worries about the proliferation of false information, videos, and photographs online as well as the potential for AI to completely alter the employment market.
Dr. Geoffrey Hinton, who created a neural net in 2012 at the University of Toronto with the help of two of his students, left Google this week.
Hinton, 75, admitted that he left the profession in part out of sorrow and to talk openly about the dangers of artificial intelligence. Ten years ago, Google hired him to assist in the creation of the business’ AI technology.
Modern systems like ChatGPT were made possible because to Hinton’s research.
In an interview, he stated that up until last year, he thought Google had been a “proper steward” of the technology. However, as Microsoft began integrating chatbots into its Bing search engine and started to worry about the potential threat to its search business, his opinion changed.
He told that some of the risks associated with AI chatbots were “quite scary,” warning that they might eventually surpass human intelligence and become vulnerable to “bad actors.”
He has concluded that the intellect we are growing is very different from the intelligence we already possess.
So it’s like if there were 10,000 people and once one person learned something, everyone else did too. And that is how these chatbots are able to know far more than a single person.
People will no longer be able to tell what is true with AI-generated photographs, videos, and text saturating the internet, according to Hinton’s concern in the short term, which has already become a reality.
In March, a photo of Pope Frances wearing a Balenciaga puffer coat went viral. This was made possible by new updates to image generators like Midjourney.
Hinton was also afraid that, in the long run, AI might displace jobs such as paralegals, personal assistants, and other “drudge work,” as well as maybe more.
Hinton has contributed significantly to Google over the past ten years, according to a statement from the company’s chief scientist, Jeff Dean.
They remain dedicated to an ethical approach to AI as one of the first companies to establish AI Principles. They are always gaining knowledge about how to innovate bravely while also understanding new hazards.
Within five years, automation and artificial intelligence (AI) could replace up to 30% of the company’s back-office positions, according to IBM CEO Arvind Krishna.
According to Krishna, there may be 7,800 job replacements as a result of slower or halted hiring in departments like human resources. 260,000 people work at IBM worldwide.
Using an online AI speech synthesizer, the Guardian was able to get around a voice authentication system employed by Services Australia last month, calling into doubt the practicality of voice biometrics for authentication.
People should be skeptical of any online media they encounter today, according to Toby Walsh, the director of the University of New South Wales’ AI Institute.
You have to consider the possibility that anyone could have faked any digital data you see, whether it be audio or video.
