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'Godfather of AI' explains how 'scary' AI will increase the wealth gap and 'make society worse'
Geoffrey Hinton explains how AI will increase the wealth gap between the richest and the poorest, predicting that it'll make society worse overall
Hinton previously worked for Google on their deep learning AI research team 'Google Brain' before resigning in 2023 over what he expresses as the 'risks' of artificial intelligence technology. This is largely due to the fact that those who lose their jobs will forfeit their income, and those in control of the AI - and thus those producing the services and goods - will retain financial power without the cost of labor too. It's certainly not hard to see Hinton's hypothesis in action at the moment as many of the richest individuals and companies are driving their efforts towards AI, and some on social media have theorized how the removal of wealth from the people will lead to an imbalanced society.
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