AI creator says he was “overflowed with requests for help” from Musk and other businessmen but disliked his responseScience & tech17:10 | 04 May 2023

The “godfather” of artificial intelligence is asked to help him understand the technology and explain how dangerous it is. Hinton came to this conclusion after extensive research into understanding the human brain and consciousness, and then began to argue that the digital brain could replace the biological brain. At the same time, Hinton says that progress in AI could lead to the decline of human civilization in the next 20 years.

The expert also commented on requests for help from Musk and others. According to him, he can give them advice, but what he says is unlikely to please anyone.

For example, as Hinton points out, the Pentagon believes that only the organization itself can and should control artificial intelligence, under the pretext of the potential danger of launching nuclear weapons by digital intelligence, but the expert disagrees. “The Department of Defense believes that the only reliable source of this material is the US Department of Defense, which is the only group of people who actually use nuclear weapons,” he stressed.

Hinton said that with regard to both Musk-run and tech giants like Google, they are entirely accountable to the community, but within the current level of rules and laws.

The expert emphasized that he is a socialist, and this explains his views and decisions. “I don’t think private ownership of the media and “computer tools” is good. If you look at what Google is doing in the context of the capitalist system, you will see that it has acted as responsibly as you might expect. But that doesn’t mean the company is trying to maximize the benefit for all people: it’s required by law to maximize the benefit for its shareholders, and that’s a whole different matter,” said Geoffrey Hinton.