Gareth O'Callaghan: Even the godfather of AI is warning us about artificial intelligence now
From Grok nudification to as-yet unknown perils of 'artificial general intelligence', Geoffrey Hinton says AI is 'extremely dangerous'
As technology outpaces regulation, we may not be too far away from a future in which AI may supersede us ordinary, flawed human beings. Picture: iStock
What would happen if humans were no longer the most intelligent beings on earth? What if the thing that replaced us viewed us as nothing more than expendable colonies of worker ants?
Geoffrey Hinton, the pioneering computer scientist often called the “Godfather of AI”, told BBC Newsnight just last week that the technology he helped to build now fills him with deep regret.
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