The man dubbed the ‘godfather of AI‘ has issued a warning over powerful artificial intelligence systems.
Dr Geoffrey Hinton is a British-Canadian computer scientist who is known for his work on artificial neural networks.
Despite his background, Dr Hinton has now warned that AI could ‘lead to human extinction’ – should it become ‘superintelligent’.
Superintelligence is the point at which an artificial system becomes more powerful than any individual, company or even nation.
‘We would be very foolish to develop superintelligence now, when there is no scientific consensus it can be developed safely and controllably,’ Dr Hinton said.
‘Losing control over AI smarter than ourselves could
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