"Prepare for AI Uncontrollability" Nobel Physics Laureate 'Father of AI' Issues Warning

Professor Hinton Expresses Concerns About AI Risks in Interview Commemorating Nobel Prize in Physics Award

Professor Geoffrey Hinton, a leading figure among the 'Four Great Kings' of artificial intelligence (AI) and the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate, has once again issued a strong warning about the potential dangers of AI.

On the 8th (local time), during a press interview as a Nobel Prize in Physics recipient, Professor Hinton focused more on conveying the risks of AI rather than expressing his emotional gratitude for the award.

Professor Hinton predicted, "The AI revolution will be similar to the Industrial Revolution and will be excellent in many ways," but he also argued, "We must worry about various negative outcomes, especially the threat of these becoming uncontrollable."

He expressed concern, saying, "Humans have never lived with beings smarter than ourselves, so AI could pose risks to society."

Professor Hinton also warned, "Political systems could exploit AI to instill fear among the public."

His remarks are interpreted as a serious concern about the social and political impacts that the advancement of AI technology could bring.

Known as the 'Father of Artificial Intelligence,' Professor Hinton left Google last year due to concerns over the rapid expansion of AI research.

Along with Yoshua Bengio, who is also called one of the 'Four Great Kings of AI,' Hinton actively supports AI regulation proposals in California. On the other hand, Andrew Ng, another of the Four Great Kings and a professor at Stanford University, opposes AI regulation.

Meanwhile, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' Nobel Committee announced on the same day that Professors Hinton and John Hopfield were jointly awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. The committee introduced them as having "developed methods using the tools of physics that form the foundation of today’s powerful machine learning." Professor Hinton is credited with establishing the concept of deep learning, which laid the groundwork for the current existence of ChatGPT. In 2018, he also received the Turing Award, known as the Nobel Prize of computer science.