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00:00 It's technology that could be superior to the human brain.
00:04 And one of its pioneers now says part of him regrets his role in creating it.
00:09 75-year-old computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton says he quit his job at Google so he can independently
00:15 share his concerns about AI technology.
00:19 Which include fears over disinformation and stealing human jobs, but also go far beyond
00:24 that.
00:25 What do we do to mitigate the long-term risks of things more intelligent than us taking
00:33 control?
00:34 Things like GPT-4 eclipses a person in the amount of general knowledge it has and eclipses
00:40 them by a long way.
00:42 In terms of reasoning it's not as good, but it does already do simple reasoning.
00:47 And given the rate of progress, we expect things to get better quite fast.
00:53 So we need to worry about that.
00:55 It's just the latest warning that tech companies might be creating a monster they can't control.
01:00 In March, after OpenAI released the latest model of its chatbot, GPT-4, more than 1,000
01:07 people from the tech industry, including billionaire Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak,
01:13 signed a letter calling for a moratorium on AI development.
01:17 Hinton also called for developers to hit pause.
01:20 And Google's chief scientist responded to his interviews in a statement.
01:24 We remain committed to a responsible approach to AI.
01:28 We are continually learning to understand emerging risks while also innovating boldly.
01:34 Hinton himself said Google has so far acted as a proper steward for the technology, but
01:39 is coming under increasing pressure from competition.
01:42 He warns that tech giants are trapped in a race that will require global regulation to
01:47 stop.