#46: Geoff Hinton Leaves Google, Google and OpenAI Have “No Moat,” and the Most Exciting Things About the Future of AI

Hinton departs Google Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer of deep learning
and a VP and engineering fellow at Google, has left the company
after 10 years due to new fears he has about the technology he
helped develop.  Hinton says he wants to speak openly about
his concerns, and that part of him now regrets his life’s work. He
told MIT Technology Review: “I have suddenly switched my views on
whether these things are going to be more intelligent than us. I
think they’re very close to it now and they will be much more
intelligent than us in the future. How do we survive that?” He
worries that extremely powerful AI will be misused by bad actors,
especially in elections and war scenarios, to cause harm to humans.
He’s also concerned that once AI is able to string together
different tasks and actions (like we’re seeing with AutoGPT),
intelligent machines could take harmful actions on their own. This
isn’t necessarily an attack on Google specifically. Hinton said
that he has plenty of good things to say about the company. But he
wants “to talk about AI safety issues without having to worry about
how it interacts with Google’s business.” “No Moats” “We have no
moat, and neither does OpenAI,” claims a leaked Google memo
revealing that the company is concerned about losing the AI
competition to open-source technology. The memo, led by a senior
software engineer, states that while Google and OpenAI have been
focused on each other, open-source projects have been solving major
AI problems faster and more efficiently.  The memo’s author
says that Google's large AI models are no longer seen as an
advantage, with open-source models being faster, more customizable,
and more private. What do these new developments and rapid shifts
mean?  The exciting future of AI  We talk about a lot of
heavy AI topics on this podcast—and it’s easy to get concerned
about the future or overwhelmed. But Paul recently published a
LinkedIn post that’s getting much attention because it talks about
what he’s most excited about AI.  Paul wrote, “Someone
recently asked me what excited me most about AI. I struggled to
find an answer. I realized I spend so much time thinking about AI
risks and fears (and answering questions about risks and fears),
that I forget to appreciate all the potential for AI to do good.
So, I wanted to highlight some things that give me hope for the
future…” We won’t spoil it in this blog post, so tune in to the
podcast to hear Paul’s thoughts.  Listen to this week’s
episode on your favorite podcast player and be sure to explore the
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