Godfather of AI Geoffrey Hinton says, he is scared that AI may develop its own language and …
Dr. Geoffrey Hinton also popularly known as ‘Godfather of AI’ has voiced new concerns about the future of artificial intelligence. As reported by Business Insider, Hinton said that he is scared that in the future AI may develop its own language which humans will not able to understand. He warned that advanced AI systems may start to develop their own language which humans will not able to understand or comprehend. “Now it gets more scary if they develop their own internal languages for talking to each other,” Hinton said. Hinton, who helped pioneer deep learning and neural networks, has been increasingly vocal about the risks of unpredictable behaviour in large language models and multi-agent systems.
Geoffrey Hinton’s primary fear related to AI systems
As reported by Business Insider, speaking at the One Decision podcast, Hinton mentioned that his primary fear is that AI systems may become increasingly advanced and interconnected. If this happens, then they may start communicating with each other in a new language model created by them. “I wouldn’t be surprised if they developed their own language for thinking, and we have no idea what they’re thinking,” Hinton said. Hinton also mentioned that some experts believe that AI will become smarter than humans and at some point in the future it will become impossible for humans to understand what AI systems are planning or doing.
Geoffrey Hinton questions the idea of AI creating new jobs
In the past also Hinton raised concerns about AI’s potential to create a post-truth world through misinformation and to upend labor markets. Hilton, who left Google in 2023 to openly discuss AI’s dangers, said the impact on job is already being felt. “I think the joblessness is a fairly urgent short-term threat to human happiness. If you make lots and lots of people unemployed — even if they get universal basic income — they are not going to be happy,” he told host Steven Bartlett.During the podcast, he also questioned the idea that new roles created due to AI will balance out the jobs lost. “This is a very different kind of technology,” he said. “If it can do all mundane intellectual labour, then what new jobs is it going to create? You would have to be very skilled to have a job that it couldn’t just do.”
