In an interview with the New York Times, Hinton said he was concerned about the ability of AI to create convincing fake images and text, creating a world in which people “will no longer be able to know what is true.”
“It’s hard to see how you can prevent bad actors from using it for bad things,” he said.
Technology could rapidly displace workers and become a greater hazard as it learns new behaviors.
“The idea that these things could become more intelligent than people is something that few believed”he told the New York Times.
“But most people thought it was very far from reality. And so did I. I thought it was 30 to 50 years away or even more. Obviously, I don’t think that anymore,” he said.
In his tweet, Hinton said Google itself had “acted very responsibly” and denied resigning so he could criticize his former employer.
Google, part of Alphabet Inc, did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
