sundar pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabetacknowledged being concerned about the speed with which the artificial intelligence (AI). He warned that society is not prepared to face the consequences and the enormous impact of this technology on humanity. For this reason, he emphasizes that it is urgent to regulate it with norms aligned with human values.
Recently, the CEO of the tech giant gave his perspective on artificial intelligence. His statements have generated alarm.
During an interview with the American television station CBS, Pichai revealed that google bardyour company’s chatbot, left him “speechless”. He said that some of he finds his abilities “disturbing” and escape your knowledge. For example, several emerging abilities such as reasoning, planning or creativitydetected in the latest tests.
The CEO of Google explained that there is a point he calls “black box”in which not even developers and engineers are able to understand how or why some answers arise.
“Sometimes you can’t tell why he said this or why he was wrong. We have some ideas and our ability to understand it improves over time. But that’s where the state of the art is,” Pichai said.
Hearing this, journalist Scott Pelley, owner of the 60 Minutes show, asked him uneasily: “You don’t fully understand how it works, and yet they’ve released it to society.” The manager’s response was:
“I also don’t think we fully understand how the human mind works,” Pichai replied. “I think we need to approach this with humility. I think it’s good that some of these technologies come out so that society can process what is happening. And start this conversation and debate,” he added.
AI is going too fast and society is not ready, says Google CEO
Although they are accelerating the development of google bard and are committed to AI, Pichai acknowledges that it is a mistake for companies to get carried away by competitive dynamics.
“You don’t want to launch a technology like this when it’s very, very powerful, because it doesn’t give time for society to adapt,” Pichai said.
In fact, he says the company is delaying further testing with Bard, its AI-powered search engine, as it looks for “better ways to approach these systems.”
The manager assures that humanity is not prepared for AI, because they advance much faster than we can adapt to them. “There is a mismatch between the pace at which technology evolves and that of institutions”, indicated. And he’s not the only one who thinks so.
What do the experts propose?
In late March, more than 1,000 tech leaders signed a petition to put AI on hold while a regulatory framework was created. Among the signatories were Elon Musk, Steve Wozniakthe co-founders of skype and pinterestand hundreds of academics, businessmen, directors, executives and international analysts.
Sundair Pichai agrees with the need for regulations for artificial intelligence. He even said that you lose sleep over the possibility that it could be “very disruptive if implemented incorrectly”.
However, the manager does not share the idea of ’pausing’ this technology. Instead, believes that society must adapt and legislate faster “so that abuses can be punished and treaties established between nations that guarantee the safety of AIs for the whole world.”
“I have always seen AI as the most profound technology humanity is working on. Deeper than fire or electricity or anything we’ve done in the past,” said the CEO of Google.
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