Hinton on AI Surpassing Human Intelligence
Geoffrey Hinton fields direct yes/no questions about AI consciousness, intelligence, and humanity's coming demotion to second-smartest species on Earth.
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Human beings will be the second most intelligent beings on the planet.”
Human beings will be the second most intelligent beings on the planet.
Hinton names humanity's coming rank — second — among intelligent beings, making the demotion concrete and absolute.
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systems have experiences of their own and can make decisions based on those experiences in the same sense as people do yes their own and can make decisions based on those experiences. are they conscious i think they probably don't have much self -awareness at present so in that sense i don't think they're conscious will they have self -awareness oh yes yes oh yes i think they will in time and so human beings will be the second most intelligent beings on the planet yeah we have a very good idea of sort of roughly what it's doing
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Does humanity know what it's doing? No.
Hinton admits that no one, including experts steering this technology, understands what they are unleashing.
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Does humanity know what it's doing? No. I think we're moving into a period when for the first time ever we may have things more intelligent than us. You believe they can understand? Yes. You believe they are intelligent? Yes. You believe these systems have experiences of their own and can make decisions based on those experiences in the same sense as people do yes their own and can make decisions based on those experiences. are they conscious i think they probably don't have much self -awareness at present so in that sense
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They probably don't have much self-awareness at present — so in that sense I don't think they're conscious. Will they have self-awareness? Oh yes. Yes. Oh yes.
Hinton separates current AI from conscious beings while firmly predicting self-awareness will arrive, turning absence into a temporary condition.
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understand? Yes. You believe they are intelligent? Yes. You believe these systems have experiences of their own and can make decisions based on those experiences in the same sense as people do yes their own and can make decisions based on those experiences. are they conscious i think they probably don't have much self -awareness at present so in that sense i don't think they're conscious will they have self -awareness oh yes yes oh yes i think they will in time and so human beings will be the second most intelligent beings on the planet yeah we have a very good idea of sort of
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We may be moving into a period when, for the first time ever, we have things more intelligent than us.
Hinton frames this moment as a historical first, unprecedented in all prior human existence, not merely a technical milestone.
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Does humanity know what it's doing? No. I think we're moving into a period when for the first time ever we may have things more intelligent than us. You believe they can understand? Yes. You believe they are intelligent? Yes. You believe these systems have experiences of their own and can make decisions based on those experiences in the same sense as people do yes their own and can make decisions based on those experiences. are they conscious i think they probably don't have much self -awareness at present so in that sense
We may be moving into a period when, for the first time ever, we may have things more intelligent than us.
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He confirms AI systems have experiences of their own and make decisions based on those experiences — in the same sense as people do.
Hinton extends human-level inner life — experience, decision-making — to AI systems, collapsing the boundary between person and machine.
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Does humanity know what it's doing? No. I think we're moving into a period when for the first time ever we may have things more intelligent than us. You believe they can understand? Yes. You believe they are intelligent? Yes. You believe these systems have experiences of their own and can make decisions based on those experiences in the same sense as people do yes their own and can make decisions based on those experiences. are they conscious i think they probably don't have much self -awareness at present so in that sense
He confirms AI systems have experiences of their own and can make decisions based on those experiences — in the same sense as people do.
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