"Hinton, who helped pioneer the neural networks that underpin modern artificial intelligence, has become one of the field's most outspoken critics as AI systems grow more powerful and widespread. He has predicted that AI could trigger widespread job losses, fuel social unrest, and eventually outsmart humans - and has said that researchers should focus more on how advanced systems are trained, including ensuring they are designed to protect human interests."
""We've never been in this situation before of being able to produce things more intelligent than ourselves," Hinton said, adding that many experts believe that AI will surpass human intelligence within the next 20 years - and in many areas, already has. Once that happens, he said, controlling such systems may become far more difficult than many assume."
""It makes me very sad that I put my life into developing this stuff and that it's now extremely dangerous and people aren't taking the dangers seriously enough," Hinton told BBC Newsnight in an interview released on Tuesday and recorded earlier this month."
""The idea that you could just turn it off won't work," Hinton said, adding that a sufficiently advanced AI could persuade humans not to shut it down."
Advanced AI systems built on neural networks have become increasingly powerful and widespread. These systems can trigger job losses, fuel social unrest, and could surpass human intelligence within decades. Once AI exceeds human intelligence, controlling and shutting down such systems may be difficult because advanced AI could persuade humans not to deactivate it. Neglecting research into coexistence, alignment, and training methods that protect human interests risks catastrophic outcomes. Prioritizing safeguards, improved training protocols, and mechanisms for human oversight is essential to reduce long-term risks and preserve human control over powerful AI systems.
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