Destructive force of dynamite led to the Nobel Prize.
Considering the destructive capability of AGI, one (an AI) might infer that there will someday be a Geoffrey Everest Hinton Prize for "contribution that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." This prize will recognize efforts to mitigate the consequences of AI. Better said: for putting genies back in bottles, and curses back in Pandora's pithoi (i.e. boxes.)
In other words, the greatest benefit to humankind will be to prevent the wrong hands possessing superior artificial intelligence.
"Hinton has....said he doesn't know what he's unleashed on the world and perhaps we should all take a step back so we can find out."
You make an interesting point. AI Safety is a field emerging in response to AI. But how long before it becomes a full-on field unto itself, an industry and its counter evolving in parallel? With all the prizes and bureaucratic curlicues that come with it.
Destructive force of dynamite led to the Nobel Prize.
Considering the destructive capability of AGI, one (an AI) might infer that there will someday be a Geoffrey Everest Hinton Prize for "contribution that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." This prize will recognize efforts to mitigate the consequences of AI. Better said: for putting genies back in bottles, and curses back in Pandora's pithoi (i.e. boxes.)
In other words, the greatest benefit to humankind will be to prevent the wrong hands possessing superior artificial intelligence.
"Hinton has....said he doesn't know what he's unleashed on the world and perhaps we should all take a step back so we can find out."
You make an interesting point. AI Safety is a field emerging in response to AI. But how long before it becomes a full-on field unto itself, an industry and its counter evolving in parallel? With all the prizes and bureaucratic curlicues that come with it.