![]() With the possible exception of the submachine gun, I think it’s fair to say the remaining scientific contributions represent an equal measure of positive and negative progress, and none have come close to driving humanity to the brink of extinction. ![]() Each deeply regretted and sought to make amends for their inventions: dynamite, the printing press, the World Wide Web, and the AK-47, respectively. On the other hand, in denouncing his invention and seeking to warn the rest of us about his creation, Hinton joins the hallowed ranks of Alfred Nobel, Johannes Gutenberg, Tim Berners-Lee, and Mikhail Kalashnikov. To a certain extent then, Hinton can see into the future because he has been making it. From Hinton’s point of view, ChatGPT-4 is a Casio digital wristwatch compared to what he sees coming down the pike. Hinton has seen code, algorithms, tech, and architecture that are securely hidden behind the veil of one the world’s largest and most advanced computing firms. Because Hinton is intimately involved with the research and development of artificial intelligence systems at the coal face, he is privy to technology that has yet to hit the market. The ‘Godfather’ of AI has spent the last decade trying to have computing architecture emulate the cognitive functions of the human brain, and just when this goal appears to be in reach, Hinton finds himself wracked with guilt and overcome with a profound sense of foreboding.įirst of all, we must acknowledge Hinton is not simply reacting to what we see of OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 and Google’s Bard AI. ![]() Hinton told the New York Times he couldn’t work for Google’s deep learning and AI department ( Google Brain) any longer because he needed the freedom to warn the world of the risks and dangers associated with the very thing he had been so instrumental in developing. Geoffrey Hinton, the inventor of the indispensable artificial intelligence algorithm ‘ backpropagation,’ and joint recipient of the 2018 Turing Award (computing’s equivalent of the Nobel), has publicly announced his departure from Google. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.” – Frankenstein, Mary Shelley 1816 For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. “How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form?… I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. How should we, mere mortals, interpret the volte-face of a Prometheus? Do they possess a special insight the rest of us lack, or is this a familiar pattern with a more benign resolution? In other words, is Geoffrey Hinton Cassandra or Chicken Little?
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