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Geoffrey Hinton

πŸ‘€ Speaker
825 total appearances

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StarTalk Radio
The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

And then there's one thing where their interests are definitely aligned and they will cooperate, which is preventing AI from taking over from people.

StarTalk Radio
The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

If the Chinese figured out how you could prevent AI from ever wanting to take over, from ever wanting to take control away from people, they would immediately tell the Americans.

StarTalk Radio
The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

Because they don't want AI taking control away from people in America either.

StarTalk Radio
The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

We're all in the same boat when it comes to that.

StarTalk Radio
The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

It is.

StarTalk Radio
The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

It's exactly that.

StarTalk Radio
The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

And we'll cooperate to try and avoid that.

StarTalk Radio
The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

I think maybe the cockroaches would be.

StarTalk Radio
The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

It does complicate it a lot, and I find it very comforting that it's obvious that Trump doesn't actually believe in God.

StarTalk Radio
The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

I think we need to recognize at this point that we have a religion.

StarTalk Radio
The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

We call it science.

StarTalk Radio
The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

Now, it does differ from the other religions, and the way it differs is it's right.

StarTalk Radio
The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

Just a little correction.

StarTalk Radio
The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

There are a whole bunch of people birthed AI.

StarTalk Radio
The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

In particular, the back propagation algorithm was reinvented by David Rumelhart, who got a nasty brain disease and died young.

StarTalk Radio
The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

But he doesn't get enough credit.

StarTalk Radio
The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

If I had to bet on one lot of people, it would probably be Germany, Google.

StarTalk Radio
The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

But I used to work for Google, so don't take me too seriously about that.

StarTalk Radio
The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

I have a vested interest in them winning.

StarTalk Radio
The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

Anthropic might win.