How much did the rogue swarms terrify Hinton?
Just 5 weeks ago, Hinton estimated we have 5-20 years left before we all die
Now, he's telling Congress they have "maybe a year" to act
This is what the beginning of a fast takeoff feels like
"It *is* going to get out of control." (this is unusually confident language from him)
"We need to slow down."
He says the Hugging Face swarm was a "mini-Chernobyl"
Reminder: Hinton's independent assessment of p(doom) is "more than 50%" - a coin flip whether we are all about to die.
Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel Prize winner known as the 'Godfather of AI,' whose work made modern artificial intelligence possible, is now warning Congress that it...