A pioneer of artificial intelligence nicknamed the “Godfather of AI” has resigned from his position at the company Google to be able to speak more openly about the potential dangers of the technology.
Before resigning, Dr. Geoffrey Hinton worked at Google on machine learning algorithms for more than a decade.. Apparently, she earned the nickname from him due to her lifelong work in neural networks.
However, in a May 1 tweet, Hinton clarified that he left his position at Google “so he could talk about the dangers of AI”.
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
In today’s NYT, Cade Metz hints that I left Google so I could criticize Google. Actually, I left so that I could talk about the dangers of AI without considering how it affects Google. Google has acted very responsibly.
In an interview with The New York Times, his most immediate concern with AI was its use to flood the internet with false photos, videos and texts, to the point that many “will no longer be able to know what is true”.
Other concerns for Hinton had to do with AI technology taking jobs. In the future, he believes that AI could pose a threat to humanity. because it would learn unexpected behavior from the massive amounts of data it analyzes.
He also expressed concern about the continuing AI arms race.which intends to further develop the technology for use in Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS).
Hinton also expressed some partial regret for his life’s work.:
“I console myself with the usual excuse: if I hadn’t done it, someone else would have done it.”
In recent months, regulators, legislators and tech industry executives have also raised concerns about the development of AI.. In March, more than 2,600 tech executives and researchers signed an open letter urging a temporary halt to AI development, citing “profound risks to society and humanity.”
A group of 12 European Union lawmakers signed a similar letter in April, and a recent EU bill classifies AI tools based on their risk levels. The UK is also extending USD 125 million to support a working group for the development of “Safe AI.”
AI is used in fake news campaigns and hoaxes
It seems AI tools are already being used to misinform; Several news outlets were recently tricked into publishing fake news, and one German outlet even used AI to fabricate an interview.
May 1st, Binance claimed to have been the victim of a smear campaign originating from ChatGPT and shared evidence that the chatbot claimed that its CEO, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, was a member of a Chinese Communist Party youth organization..
To all the crypto and AI sleuths out there, here is the ChatGPT thread if someone wants to dig in. As you’ll see ChatGPT pulls this from a fake LinkedIn profile and a non-existent @Forbes article. We can’t find any evidence of this story nor the LinkedIn page ever existing. pic.twitter.com/szLaix3nza
—Patrick Hillmann♂️ (@PRHillmann) May 1, 2023
For all you cryptocurrency and AI detectives out there, here’s the ChatGPT thread if anyone wants to dig. As you can see, ChatGPT pulls this from a fake LinkedIn profile and a non-existent Forbes article. We cannot find any evidence of this story or that the LinkedIn page ever existed. pic.twitter.com/szLaix3nza
The bot linked to a Forbes article and a LinkedIn page it claimed to have sourced from, but the article doesn’t appear to exist and the LinkedIn profile isn’t Zhao’s..
Last week, a group of pranksters also fooled various media outlets around the world.including the Daily Mail and The Independent.
The Daily Mail published and subsequently withdrew a story about an alleged Canadian actor named “Saint Von Colucci”who was said to have died after undergoing plastic surgery to look more like a South Korean pop star.
The news came from a press release about the actor’s death, sent out by an entity posing as a public relations firm using what appeared to be AI-generated images..
In April, German outlet Die Aktuelle published an interview using ChatGPT to synthesize a conversation with former Formula One driver Michael Schumacher.who suffered a severe brain injury in a skiing accident in 2013.
It was reported that Schumacher’s family would take legal action over the article.
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