Can AI Easily Surpass Human Intelligence?

Hinton also spoke in detail about how Generative AI could surpass human brains and become more intelligent than an actual human posing an existential crisis for them.

He mentioned, “AI might soon surpass the information capacity of the human brain.” While explaining how generative AI has the ability to get misdirected and exploited by the ”bad actors” for doing harmful activities, he voiced, “It’s hard to imagine how you’d stop bad actors from using it for bad things”.

Although, Hinton did not write any open letters like the other tech experts who have signed open letters for halting the development of more advanced AI chatbots. But after resigning from Google over the AI risks and its repercussions, he ended up joining the bandwagon of these experts who demand a pause on the development of advanced AI unless the necessary regulations and safety measures are taken to contain the significant risks that AI calls for.

Over the criticizing statements he gave on Artificial Intelligence Technology after resigning from Google, he explained,

“In the NYT today, Cade Metz implies that I left Google so that I could criticize Google. Actually, I left so that I could talk about the dangers of AI without considering how this impacts Google. Google has acted very responsibly.”

He clarified that he did not leave due to any issues with Google but solely due to the AI technology and the threatening future risks involved. In fact, he praised Google for acting as a very responsible company while incorporating AI technology and developments in its chatbot and systems.

After working for almost a decade at Google, Geoffrey Hinton, 75, also known as the “Godfather of Artificial Intelligence”, resigned from Google over concerns about how AI chatbots could be a real threat to human jobs.

Geoffrey Hinton, also known as the “Father of Artificial Intelligence”  was working for Google in the AI research and development field and was one of the founding members of Google Brains until he resigned from the company. After recently resigning from Google in May 2023, Geoffrey precisely mentioned the exact reason behind his exit from the company.

He clearly said that he resigned from Google due to the possible threats that the Artificial Intelligent chatbots could pose to human employment. He expressed that he somehow regrets being involved in the development of AI technology that has fueled the likeness of ChatGPT, BARD, and many more AI tools. 

While giving an interview to BBC, he stated,

“I can now just speak freely about what I think the dangers might be. And some of them are quite scary. Right now, as far as I can tell, they’re not more intelligent than us. But I think they soon may be.”