Regulations needed to stop AI being used for ‘bad things’ – Geoffrey Hinton British-Canadian computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton said we need to be “very careful” and “very thoughtful” about the development of artificial intelligence (AI) which he says is a “potentially very dangerous technology”.
Reflecting on where he thought the development of AI would have reached when he first started this work, Prof Hinton told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “I didn’t think it would be where we would be now.
Professor Hinton, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics this year, said the pace of change in the area of AI is “much faster” than he expected and there has not been enough time to complete the research he believes is required.
While his work has laid the foundations for machine learning, technology that allows computers to mimic human intelligence, his recent efforts have centred on advocating for safer AI.
Last year he made headlines after resigning from his job at Google, citing concerns “bad actors” would use the technology to harm others.
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