Tag: Academic disciplines
AI could lead to extinction, experts warn – BBC News
Artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to the extinction of humanity, experts – including the heads of OpenAI and Google Deepmind – have warned. Dozens have supported a statement published on the webpage of the Centre for AI Safety. “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war” it reads. But others in…
AI 'godfather' quits Google over dangers of Artificial Intelligence – BBC News
Geoffrey Hinton, the man widely considered the ‘godfather’ of Artificial Intelligence, has quit his role with Google amid fears that AI could soon be smarter than humans. Dr Hinton’s pioneering research on neural networks and deep learning has paved the way for current AI systems like Google’s Bard chat bot and Microsoft’s ChatGPT. But in a statement to the New York Times, Dr Hinton said…
Artificial Intelligence, The Bible and the Right to Life (re-air)
Artificial Intelligence, The Bible and the Right to Life (re-air)
What will the future of AI-powered disinformation look like? | The Stream
As powerful artificial intelligence systems improve their ability to create images, video and text, researchers are increasingly worried about the technology’s seemingly inevitable role in disinformation and propaganda campaigns. Advancements in generative AI have the potential to radically alter our information environment to the point where humans – and even machines – may not have the ability to distinguish between content that is AI-generated versus…