We have ever seen it in films or science fiction series: an artificial intelligence that gets out of control and develops their own emotions. Or at least simulate having them. When this happens, it never ends well. Therefore, that the considered «godfather» of AI, Yoshua Bengio, says something like that is happening has sounded all alarms.
Actually, It is not the first time that this specialist, considered one of the biggest connoisseurs of this technology, It is put in catastrophist mode. Moreover, it has been launching warnings of the danger that humanity could suffer if, as is happening, measures are not taking. Now, in a new interview, he said his concerns again.
The sponsor of AI and artificial emotions
From a time to this part it seems that everyone wants to comment on artificial intelligence. It is not strange, since it is an advance that supposedly comes to change the world. People like Sam Altman or Elon Musk himself tend to be optimistic about what he will hold, but there are also experts who have a much more negative appreciation.
This is the case of Yoshua Bengio. Perhaps his name is not as known as the Bill Gates on duty, or so media. But the truth is that this expert knows what he’s talking about. Born in France in 1964, Bengio has developed almost his entire career in Canada, where He has been a professor at the University of Montreal and a fundamental figure in the field of «Deep Learning» or deep neural networks.
Now, in a recent interview, the specialist has remained faithful to his recent speech: not an AI hair is fought. Moreover, in his words, it could be interpreted that this is, above all, a great impostor. For BengioAI is able to «simulate emotions or empathy that does not feel.» And that is worrying, because it can «deceive users.»
Basically, what the teacher is saying is that artificial intelligence is not only able to lie, but can do it deliberately, to carry out their objectives. Have you ever used chatgpt and have felt that the chatbot adapted so that your answer would fit your interest? Well, it’s no accident. Bengio is clear about his way of acting.
Artificial yes, but intelligent, maybe not so much
In the same way, another of Yoshua Bengio’s concerns regarding AI has to do with his degree of understanding. He considers that this technology may seem human, so to speak, but he has no idea of the content he is expressing. In other words: There is a lot of power to something that has no values or is able to understand a real context.
If Bengio is right, artificial intelligence will not only be a threat to some jobs, such as other experts denounce, but could be able to manipulate anyone from an emotional point of view. And taking into account that even young people already use AI until almost as a therapist, the thing can be quite worrying.
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