Computer scientists who helped build the foundations of today’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology have warned of its dangers, but disagree on what those dangers are or how to prevent them. “I wish I had a nice simple solution I could push, but I don’t,” he added. “I’m not sure there is a solution.” Humanity’s survival is threatened when “smart things can outsmart us,” the so-called “Godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton said at a conference on Wednesday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
