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I met the ‘godfathers of AI’ in Paris – here’s what they told me to really worry about | Experts are split between concerns about future threats and present dangers. Both camps issued dire warnings
Experts are split between concerns about future threats and present dangers. Both camps issued dire warnings, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst
It brought to mind Ronald D Moore’s 2003 reimagining of Battlestar Galactica, in which a public relations official shows journalists: “things that look odd, or even antiquated, to modern eyes, like phones with cords, awkward manual valves, computers that barely deserve the name”. As Bengio pointed out, some of the most advanced AI models have already attempted to deceive human programmers during testing, both in pursuit of their designated objectives and to escape being deleted or replaced with an update. “We could have done something useful, and instead we’re pouring resources into this race to go off the edge of a cliff.” He didn’t specify what alternatives, but just two months into the year, roughly $1tn in AIinvestmentshave beenannounced, all while the world is still falling far short of what is needed to stay even within 2C of heating, much less 1.5C.
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