Hinton, 75, said he quit to speak freely about the dangers of AI,
and in part regrets his contribution to the field. He was brought on
by Google a decade ago to help develop the company’s AI technology,
and the approach he pioneered led the way for current systems such
as ChatGPT. […]
Hinton’s concern in the short term is something that has already
become a reality – people will not be able to discern what is true
any more with AI-generated photos, videos and text flooding the
internet.
The recent upgrades to image generators such as Midjourney mean
people can now produce photo-realistic images – one such image of
Pope Francis in a Balenciaga puffer coat went viral in March.
Hinton was also concerned that AI will eventually replace jobs like
paralegals, personal assistants and other “drudge work”, and
potentially more in the future.