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.
Human beings will be the second most intelligent beings on the planet.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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