AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton stands backstage before speaking at the Collision Conference, in Toronto, on June 19. What a bittersweet moment this must be for Geoffrey Hinton. On the one hand, he was just awarded among the most prestigious awards on the planet in recognition of his life’s work on artificial intelligence. On the other hand, he spent the last year warning about AI’s inherent potential for existential catastrophe. Mr. Hinton has expressed concerns that AI could soon outpace human intelligence. “Somewhere between five and 20 years,” he told The Globe last spring, “there’s a 50-50 chance AI will get smarter than us. When it gets smarter than us, I don’t know what the probability is that it will take over, but it seems to me quite likely.” Artificial […]
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