'Godfather Of AI' Geoffrey Hinton Quits Google, Warns Of Dangers Ahead

The "godfather of artificial intelligence" Geoffrey Hinton has quit Google, warning of the dangers ahead owing to AI. Hinton, along with two of his students, built a neural net in 2012, and quit Google just this week, the New York Times reported.

According to Hinton, the danger of fake information, videos, and pictures online, along with the disruption in the job market are the key factors that make AI a scary technology. The 75-year-old also said that he quit Google to be able to speak freely about the dangers of artificial intelligence, and also regrets his contribution to the field.

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A decade ago, Hinton was recruited by Google to help the company develop its AI technology, the same kind that led to the development of tools like ChatGPT. In conversation with NYT, Hinton mentioned that until last year, he believed that Google had been a "proper steward" of AI technology, until Microsoft began to incorporate the ChatGPT-powered chatbot into its Bing search engine.

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Hinton also told the BBC that AI chatbots could become "quite scary" adding that they have the capability to become smarter than humans, and could even be exploited by "bad actors."

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"I¡¯ve come to the conclusion that the kind of intelligence we¡¯re developing is very different from the intelligence we have," Hinton said.

"So it¡¯s as if you had 10,000 people and whenever one person learned something, everybody automatically knew it. And that¡¯s how these chatbots can know so much more than any one person."

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Hinton is worried that the line between fact and fiction could become blurry with AI tools that are able to generate pictures, videos, and text. In addition, Hinton worries that AI tools would replace jobs like paralegals, personal assistants, and other "drudge work."

AI tools can be as useful as they can be dangerous, especially in relation to fake news. What do you think about the dangers of AI? Let us know in the comments below. For more in the world of technology and science, keep reading Indiatimes.com.