Nobel laureate in physics Jeffrey Hinton and laureate in chemistry Demis Hassabis on Saturday called for strong regulation of artificial intelligence, which played a key role in winning the prize.
“AI is a very important technology that should be regulated, but I think it’s very important that we get the regulation right,” Hassabis said at a press conference in Stockholm. It’s about technology.”
Hassabis, who won jointly with Americans David Baker and John Jumper for uncovering the secrets of proteins through AI, said the speed of such evolution poses huge challenges.
But the underlying question is “what do we want to use these systems for, how do we want to deploy them, and making sure that all of humanity benefits from what these systems can do?” said.
Hinton, a British-Canadian known as the “godfather of AI,” alluded to concerns about the potential for AI to intensify the arms race, but acknowledged that he “wish we had thought about safety sooner.”
Hinton, who made headlines last year after quitting Google and warned of the danger that machines could one day outsmart humans, shared the Nobel Prize with American John Hopfield for his work on artificial neural networks.
“Governments have been reluctant to self-regulate lethal autonomous weapons, creating an arms race among major arms suppliers such as the United States, China, Russia, the United Kingdom, and Israel.
Mr Hassabis said he was recommending the government develop “swift and agile regulations”.
He said he had advised governments and civil society to tighten regulations in areas such as health care and transport, and to “see how technology develops and adapt quickly to that situation.”
He told AFP he had discussed the “existential threat” posed by inappropriate use of AI with Elon Musk, suggesting Musk was concerned about the potential for AI to wrest control from humans. did.
He added that he was confident that Musk would “tell that to Trump and his administration” once Donald Trump returns to the White House in January.
But he cautioned that he doesn’t know if all of Trump’s team is fully equipped to handle the risks involved, adding that he doesn’t believe Musk himself is a “particularly moral” person.
