Geoffrey Hinton and the dark side of AI

The AI genie has escaped from the bottle and there is no putting it back

Prosenjit Datta
May 04, 2023 / 09:31 AM IST
Geoffrey Hinton and the dark side of AI

In the effort to make AI more open and democratic, the movement has ensured that it has become easy even for bad actors to get their hands on AI.

Geoffrey Hinton – dubbed by some as the Godfather of Artificial Intelligence (AI) – has resigned from Google and said that he regrets the work he spent his life doing because of its potential for misuse. In saying that, he joins the growing band of technology experts who have voiced their concerns about the potential for AI to do serious harm. So far, quite a few well known names in technology have expressed worries about the direction AI is heading....