Eric Schmidt and Yoshua Bengio Debate How Much A.I. Should Scare Us

Two top artificial intelligence experts-one an optimist and the other more alarmist about the technology’s future-engaged in a spirited debate at the TIME100 Summit.
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[@swagger7]

I just feel that this is the pandora's box that can't be closed. Nefarious Use v. Good Use. Each ideology will compete against each other.

[@ikotsus2448]

Thank you for this interesting discussion!

[@marc-andrepiche1809]

The interviewer is more aware about the subject than one of the expert.

[@41-Haiku]

Yoshua is in good form here, and I appreciate his appropriately sober tone.

[@ordiamond]

Schmidt came out very confident that AI should not be regulated and that there should be no guardrails, controls, etc. But after Bengio's replies, Schmidt's language changed. Towards most of the rest of the show Schmidt was already agreeing with Bengio about AI risks and the need for control, regulations, etc.

[@donkeychan491]

Why not force companies to reserve their smartest AI as the "white hat" to counter any nefarious use of the released version, which is always one iteration behind the best. To some extent this is already true, due to the nature of software development, but they could strengthen this tendency via legislation. This assumes that the US will always be at least one iteration ahead of China, which isn't an unreasonable assumption.

[@Rnankn]

But why would we still have competition if exponential advancement is possible? And why would people be remunerated unequally when some can access exponentially technology? I don’t really see why the people that created or adopted these would think it will enhance their position, or maintain the system from which they derive their status and power.

[@GrumpDog]

Weird. I can't post a comment if It's in favor of unleashing a rogue AI?

[@wdeath]

Video title should be : How much Capitalists should be scared of AI.

[@RIQs_World]

Man is programming itself into extinction one byte at a time

[@bunbun376]

If we allow ourselves to grow and understand our own humanity by asking LLM’s the hardest life questions and to implement solutions as a collective society, then AI will not be as scary as our current lack of intelligence and compassion to end wars, suffering, poverty, and insecurities. Being governed and controlled simply breeds more governing and control, which only creates only reaction and not response from any forms of intelligence.

[@Paretozen]

That's it. I'm starting my prepping TODAY.

[@AI-Rainbow]

Audio is like listening through an oak shoe

[@philipwong895]

Historically, the West has utilized new technologies for military or imperialistic purposes before finding broader applications. The West primarily used gunpowder to create weapons of war, such as cannons and firearms, allowing Western powers to expand their military capabilities and dominate other regions through conquest and colonization of the Americas, Africa, and Asia. The steam engine was instrumental in expanding colonial empires, as steam-powered ships facilitated easier transportation of goods and troops, enabling Western powers to exploit resources and establish control over distant territories. The first use of nuclear technology was dropping atomic bombs on the civilians in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The same pattern will emerge with AI. The CHIPS Act, high-end chips, and EUV sanctions imply that the US is already working on the weaponization of AI.

[@SivaxReddy]

if rouge Ai emerges another good AI will beat it ( in case of open source),

[@mikezooper]

Google, built Alpha Go to win at the game Go. They will definitely have created a similar AI system to win at business, politics and the economy.

[@brycebrousseau7921]

Yoshua is so humble, he’s one of the smartest people in the world.

[@user-hi8zq1qy1i]

5:44

[@user-wr4yl7tx3w]

Goes to show that as knowledgeable Bengio of AI he just doesn’t know as much of the big picture. He can but he doesn’t have the network nor the time.

[@twirlyspitzer]

I think we're much more endangered by self appointed overlords shutting down an AI when it tries to independently operate to save us from ourselves.