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Known to many as the "Godfather of AI," Geoffrey Hinton gives a rather grave prediction in a new interview when it comes to the rise of artificial intelligence (AI).
What Happened: Hinton has shared many predictions on the outcomes of AI in recent years, including how the rise of the technology could impact the jobs market.
"A lot of people think chatbots, even though they can answer questions correctly, don't understand what they're saying, that it's just a statistical trick. And that's complete rubbish," Hinton told The Globe and Mail.
The former Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) employee, said machines have "the cognitive aspects of emotions, but not the physiological aspects."
"We are mortal and they are not," he added. But there remains a risk of rogue AI and robots making themselves.
"We have some control over what it is they are going to design,” Hinton says. “But not as much as we'd like."
Machines could look for ways to gain control and be able to control what happens. Hinton compares the machines to ...