Nobel physics prize-winning scientist sounds alarm on AI
Hours after he was declared a co-winner of the 2024 Nobel physics prize, John Hopfield said the speed of advances in the field of artiticial intelligence (AI) was unnerving and warned of the possibility of such systems taking over human oversight.
A US scientist who won the 2024 Nobel physics prize for his pioneering work on artificial intelligence said Tuesday he found recent advances in the technology "very unnerving" and warned of possible catastrophe if not kept in check.
John Hopfield, a professor emeritus at Princeton, joined co-winner Geoffrey Hinton in calling for a deeper understanding of the inner workings of deep-learning systems to prevent them from spiraling out of control.
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Addressing a gathering at the New Jersey university via video link from Britain, the 91-year-old said that over the course of his life he had watched the rise of two powerful but potentially hazardous technologies -- biological engineering and nuclear physics.
"One is accustomed to having technologies which are not singularly only good or only bad, but have capabilities in both directions," he said.
(AFP)
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