AI godfathers warn of runaway ‘intelligence explosion’
OpenAI chief scientist also among authors of report on prospect of ‘most consequential technological development in history’ Two of the “godfathers” of modern AI and senior executives at OpenAI and Anthropic have issued a warning to governments to prepare for an AI “intelligence explosion”, which they say could be the most consequential technological development in history. A report co-authored…
Two of the "godfathers" of modern AI, Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, along with senior executives at OpenAI and Anthropic, have warned governments to prepare for an AI "intelligence explosion". According to a report they co-authored, this development could be the most consequential technological advancement in history.
The report urges politicians to take action now to prevent runaway progress in the technology. Hinton is a Nobel laureate, while Bengio is a Canadian computer scientist.
The warning was also supported by the OpenAI chief scientist, though their outlet was not specified.
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