When artificial intelligence becomes a nightmare
When artificial intelligence becomes a nightmare: Geoffrey Hinton, Google’s top AI man, who resigned two days ago, joined the chorus of panic shortly after GBT’s launch.
Last November, the astonishment it caused due to the great and rapid development of generative artificial intelligence on which the application is based, which Hinton considered an indication of a dangerous future approaching in which the decision may not be up to humans when robots become more intelligent.
Godfather of the AI sector
What Hinton, who is called the godfather of the AI sector, announced is not new, as he was preceded by many prominent figures in the world of technology and business, including Elon Musk, owner of Twitter (or “XCorp” as it was renamed last month) and CEO of Tesla. “, Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, Stuart Russell, professor of computer science at the University of California, Max Tegmark, professor of physics at MIT, Evan Sharp, co-founder of Pinterest, and many others who signed an open book at the end of March.
Last year, they, along with more than one thousand three hundred other individuals, called for freezing the development of the most powerful artificial intelligence robot systems for a period of time, given the danger that these systems pose if they continue in their development without laws or controls.
It is noteworthy that one of the book’s signatories at the time was Joshua Bengio, the second godfather of artificial intelligence, who, along with Hinton and Jan Lucan, won the 2018 Turing Award for their research into “deep learning” for this technology.
Blank “oval” invitation?
Hinton’s resignation made the panic worse. Yesterday, the White House summoned the CEOs of the four leading American companies in artificial intelligence and technical innovation: Microsoft, Google, and Open AI. And “Anthropic”, which has become increasingly vocal recently as competition between them intensifies.
Hinton’s resignation
This summons may be considered the first reaction to Hinton’s resignation and the disturbing statements he made. The stated goal of the call is to discuss concerns raised about the dangers associated with artificial intelligence, including violations of privacy, bias, the potential for fraud and misinformation, and the duty of these CEOs to ensure responsible behavior in managing their companies and innovating their products.
President Joe Biden
President Joe Biden was clear in his emphasis on the duty of these companies to verify that their products are safe before announcing them and placing them at the disposal of individuals in order to preserve their safety and preserve their rights.
What is interesting about Hinton’s recent statements is, firstly, that they came from a world with a leading and trusted position in the field of artificial intelligence, and they confirm all previous opinions and warnings before him, which increases fears and suspicion. Secondly, the timing of his resignation from Google, while the company is fighting to reserve its place at the forefront of this technology.
The question remains about the effectiveness of this discussion in the absence of legal motivation and regulation, after the White House’s positivity with the approval of seven of the largest artificial intelligence companies to make their models available for public scrutiny, on a limited basis, last August in line with “the principles of responsible disclosure,” clashed with the refusal of Open. A.I.” Publish any basic technical information related to GPT-4, which it recently launched, according to what was reported in the Financial Times.
A time when regret is useless
What is interesting about Hinton’s recent words are not his statements themselves, but rather, first, that they came from a world with a leading and trusted position in the field of artificial intelligence, and they confirm all previous opinions and warnings in a way that leaves no room for doubt.
Resignation from “Google”
Secondly, his resignation from “Google” at this time when the company is seeking to reserve a place for itself at the forefront of this technology, and is waging a fierce battle with the trends of “Microsoft” and its search engine “Bing”, which has begun integrating artificial intelligence tools, especially “Chat.” “GPT.” In his services.
Does Hinton’s resignation really reflect his desire to speak publicly about the “dangers” of the technology he helped develop without affecting Google’s reputation?
Or is it an indication of the reckless speed to which the company was led in its research in this field for purely commercial purposes, just like its competitors, “Microsoft” and “Open.ie.” Without considering the consequences of this blind drift on all of humanity, despite what he told the BBC.
The tech giant (i.e. Google) has been “extremely responsible” in its research approach? Is it Hinton’s “awakening of conscience” and his desire not to get his hands dirty with what Google might do tomorrow?
He expressed to the New York Times his feeling of remorse for his contribution to artificial intelligence research, but he consoles himself by saying: “If I had not done it, someone else would have done it.”
ShutterstockThe irony is that Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, publicly stated last month in an interview with CBS News during the “60 Minutes” program that society is still not prepared for what is coming despite its ability to… To adapt, but no one in the sector has done anything to curb the development of artificial intelligence, which has no limits.
When intelligence becomes a nightmare
Hinton’s research on “neural networks,” systems that closely resemble the human brain that allows learning and processing of information through experience to the autonomous “deep learning” of artificial intelligence, paved the way for today’s systems like ChatGPT.
Which could exceed the ability of human thinking in the foreseeable future, in addition to its superiority in the amount of general knowledge and the enormous data that it was taught, although it raised serious reservations because of the misleading information that it could store and present, but the speed of learning of these systems surprised even their creators!
This is what raises great concern, especially if this technology falls into the hands of “bad guys” who may intend to use it for “bad goals,” as Hinton said, describing this as a “nightmare,” as digital intelligence (which has no feelings) is completely different from the biological intelligence of humans. As each system learns individually, all systems can share their knowledge instantly.
In fact, this is not the first time that the 75-year-old British-Canadian scientist and academic, who holds a doctorate in artificial intelligence 45 years ago, has expressed concerns of this magnitude.
interview with CBS News
In a previous interview with CBS News last March, he stressed that the world is at a “pivotal moment,” with the rapid progress of artificial general intelligence (AGI), and he expected this technology to conquer the world within 20 years or less and not 50 years as was thought not long ago.
His greatest fear at the time was that governments and companies, desperate for power, were seeking power to monopolize artificial intelligence technology, and they, that is, governments and companies, would not stop developing this technology before their counterparts stopped doing so, in the absence of global regulation.
He recently said that technology giants are engaged in a competition that may be impossible to stop.
His greatest fear at the time was that governments and companies were desperate for power to monopolize artificial intelligence technology, and they, that is, governments and companies, would not stop developing this technology before their counterparts stopped doing so, in the absence of global regulation.
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Hinton and Google
Google spent $44 million in 2013 to acquire DNN Research, which was founded by Hinton and his students and developed advanced techniques in machine learning and deep learning, including the foundations of… The technology behind new chatbots such as “GBT Chat.” And “Google is cool.
” Hinton has since worked part-time at Google for a decade alongside his research at the University of Toronto.
As for Hinton’s most famous imprint, it is represented by his success in 2012 in developing a pioneering neural network for image analysis (image recognition).
Digital neural networks
He is also known for his work on digital neural networks and his research into “unsupervised learning procedures for neural networks with rich sensory inputs.” Hinton was the founding director of the Gatsby Unit for Computational Neuroscience at University College London, holds the Canada Research Chair in Machine Learning and director of the Neural Computing and Adaptive Cognition program funded by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Canada, and the Society for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, an honorary foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a past president of the Cognitive Science Society.
Not the first to sound the alarm
Hinton is not the first at Google to sound the alarm about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence. Let us remember the story of the firing of one of the company’s engineers last July, Blake Lemoine, because he described Google’s “LaMDA” robot as too realistic to be true. The degree to which he believes he is conscious.
So, we are facing a new danger, which is the exclusion of any opinion that could stand in the way of companies doubling their profits and their relentless pursuit of superiority over their competitors, whatever the cost, even if the price is the destruction of humanity through an invasion of highly intelligent and powerful machines.
Flurry of artificial intelligence
The current flurry of artificial intelligence and the continuous warnings about the situation being out of control remind us of the endless calls, decades ago, to be alert to the dangers of climate change and the irreversible calamities it could bring if it occurred.
Despite this, we are beginning to see the results of environmental neglect, due to capitalist and industrial systems, and their failure to commit to alternative solutions and their persistence in depleting resources until we are on the verge of drought in the most fertile parts of the earth.
Will the matter be remedied by controlling or slowing down the development of artificial intelligence, or will we witness a similar fate, where there is no benefit in crying over the ruins?
What is scariest thing about AI?
In general, AI applications to weapons increase their potency, and overall, guns are very terrifying to anyone with even a modicum of common sense. People that think AI should be used for beneficial purposes rather than harmful ones are therefore paying attention to some of these types of applications.
Why is AI so scary?
The fear of AI is frequently a fear of loss, namely the loss of control, privacy, and human value. Fear of AI as a sentient, uncontrollable being, fueled by popular culture and science fiction, is horrifying.
What are the negative effects of artificial intelligence?
Ethical Issues: Data privacy, algorithm prejudice, and the potential abuse of AI technologies are just a few of the ethical concerns that AI brings. Lack of Creativity and Empathy: AI isn’t creative or empathic, which limits its capacity to comprehend emotions and come up with novel ideas.
Is AI a threat to humanity?
Everything that humans can think of that could be mechanized and made more efficiently evil with AI is included in the human application of AI, including more centralized or hair-trigger control of nuclear weapons, potent disinformation campaigns, lethal biological weapons, effective planning for societal control, and so on.17
I’m Hassan Saeed, a Clinical Psychology graduate deeply engaged in the realms of WordPress, blogging, and technology. I enjoy merging my psychological background with the digital landscape. Let’s connect and explore these exciting intersections!
