TECH - Elon Musk Calls Geoffrey Hinton One Of The Smartest People After AI Godfather Says '50-50 Chance' The Technology Will Get 'More Intelligent Than Us In The Next 20 Years' | Benzinga
Sharing a snippet of Geoffrey Hinton’s interview on social media over the weekend, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, praised him for his superior intellect and shared concerns about AI’s potential to outsmart humans.
What Happened: On Saturday, Musk took to X, formerly Twitter, and shared a video of Hinton, known to many as the “Godfather of AI,” appearing on Bloomberg television, saying, “Wise words from a recent interview with @geoffreyhinton, one of the smartest people in the world regarding AI.”
Hinton has been vocal about the need for the tech industry to invest significantly in addressing the potential threat of AI surpassing human intelligence. During the interview, He estimated a 50-50 chance of this happening within the next two decades.
“I think there's a 50-50 chance it will get more intelligent than us in the next 20 years,” he said.
Hinton supports his argument by giving the example of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. “If you take something like GPT-4, which is bigger than GPT-3, it is ...