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Geoffrey Hinton shortens odds of the technology wiping out humanity within 30yrs
- luckydata 2y agoHinton is very unwell mentally and it's a pity how the press exploits his paranoia for easy clicks.
- hyhconito 2y agoHinton is a complete banana. If anything, we'll do it without technology.
- wslh 2y agoAre you excluding military weapons from technology? I wonder what kid of extinction are you thinking of, probably climate change but I don't think that possibility will lead to humanity extinction.
- hyhconito 2y agoHe's referring to specific uses of technology as in AI, not the summary headline The Grauniad used. That my nature excludes 99.99% of everything that goes boom at the moment.
- add-sub-mul-div 2y agoI'm not worried about this, but I am worried about not being able to get decent customer service anywhere in 3 years.
- linotype 2y agoCustomer service is already awful. Most front line employees I encounter are miserable at best. I now mostly order for pickup or go out to eat rarely at high end restaurants that still have great service. Choose your battles.
- silexia 2y agoThis is the true existential threat. You probably will lose your life to AI first, but you ultimately will lose your life. Read "Superintelligence".
- linotype 2y agoWe can’t get people to drive EVs to reduce emissions and preserve an essential resource (oil), future generations won’t have the resources to destroy themselves with superhuman AI.
- powerapple 2y agodidn't read the article, but I can imagine if things goes well, in developed cities/states, the robot to human ratio can be anywhere between 3:1 to 1:1. Robots will be indistinguishable from weapons. How can a billion human regulates 3 billion robots, regardless how many safety layers we have. There are many small countries run by military with probably 1:100 military to civilian ratio, the civilians can do nothing to change it. Technology is wonderful, I am very optimistic about the technology, but also can't help feeling the same way as Hinton does.