AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton quits Google, warns of dangers ahead.
TL;DR
Geoffrey Hinton, considered the godfather of AI, has resigned from Google and warned about the dangers of AI developments. Hinton's pioneering research on deep learning and neural networks has paved the way for current AI systems like ChatGPT. He warned that AI chatbots could soon overtake the level of information that a human brain holds, and that "bad actors" could use AI for "bad things". Hinton stressed that he did not want to criticise Google and that the tech giant had been "very responsible".
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