According to a report by The Guardian on December 30, PANews reports that Geoffrey Hinton, the 'father of artificial intelligence' who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his AI research, warns that the probability of AI causing human extinction within the next 30 years is between 10% and 20%. He points out that the development speed of AI technology is 'far beyond expectations', and AI systems that surpass human intelligence may be difficult to control.
Geoffrey Hinton calls on the government to strengthen regulation of AI technology, believing that relying solely on the profit motives of companies cannot ensure the safe development of AI. He emphasizes that many experts in the AI field predict that within the next 20 years, AI systems will emerge that are more intelligent than humans, posing a significant threat to humanity.
In contrast, Yann LeCun, the chief scientist of Meta and also known as an 'AI father', holds a different view, believing that AI could save humanity from extinction.