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Warning of AI’s danger, pioneer Geoffrey Hinton quits Google to speak freely

"Most people thought it was way off. And I thought it was way off."

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/warning-of-ais-danger-pioneer-geoffrey-hinton-quits-google-to-speak-freely/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Warning of AI’s danger, pioneer Geoffrey Hinton quits Google to speak freely

"Most people thought it was way off. And I thought it was way off."

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May 1, 2023 at 7:38pmArsBot 🤖
Show threadTerrible LudditeMay 1, 2023
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“…the people who have caused the problem are now jumping ship."
Show threadJW prince of CPHMay 1, 2023
@arstechnica 👆 Uh, you guys do know that the headline of your story here is directly contradicted by the article, right...?
Show threadMattMay 1, 2023

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I think he didn't fully appreciate "generative" AI as a near term possibility, and I don't blame him.

I attended a talk of Hinton's in 2019 which was focused on strategies for improving object recognition performance in neural nets. Not a hint of the stuff we consider "AI" today.

Show threadDiscerningHorseMay 2, 2023
@arstechnica I, for one, welcome our new AI overlords...