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<p>References below for the two videos shown at the meeting</p>
<p>Peter</p>
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<p>Emergence, dynamics, and behaviour - John Hopfield (2016) -- 40
min</p>
<p>A talk given at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute Symposium to
celebrate the work of Professor Sir David MacKay FRS at Cambridge
University, Cambridge UK<br>
Audience: physicists, engineers, computer scientists, and
neurobiologists</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTurUGqD_Lo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTurUGqD_Lo</a></p>
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<p>The Godfather in Conversation: Why Geoffrey Hinton is worried
about the future of AI (2023) -- 46 min</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9cW4Gcn5WY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9cW4Gcn5WY</a></p>
<p>From the <a
href="https://www.utoronto.ca/news/godfather-conversation-why-geoffrey-hinton-worried-about-future-ai">University
of Toronto</a>:</p>
<p>“It’s a time of huge uncertainty,” says Geoffrey Hinton from the
living room of his home in London. “Nobody really knows what’s
going to happen … I’m just sounding the alarm.” <br>
<br>
In The Godfather in Conversation, the cognitive psychologist and
computer scientist ‘known as the Godfather of AI’ explains why,
after a lifetime spent developing a type of artificial
intelligence known as deep learning, he is suddenly warning about
existential threats to humanity. <br>
<br>
A University of Toronto University Professor Emeritus, Hinton
explains how neural nets work, the role he and others played in
developing them and why the kind of digital intelligence that
powers ChatGPT and Google’s PaLM may hold an unexpected advantage
over our own. And he lays out his concerns about how the world
could lose control of a technology that, paradoxically, also
promises to unleash huge benefits – from treating diseases to
combatting climate change. <br>
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“Maybe when they become smarter than us, we’ll be able to keep
them benevolent and we will be able to keep them caring much more
about people than they care about themselves – unlike people,”
Hinton says. <br>
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“But maybe not.” <br>
<br>
Hinton also offers advice to young researchers entering the field
– including students at U of T, where the responsible and ethical
development of AI is supported by the Schwartz Reisman Institute
for Technology and Society and many other research initiatives. <br>
<br>
“Look at how many people are working on making these things better
and how many people are working on preventing them from getting
out of control,” Hinton says, noting the ratio is tilted heavily
toward the former, particularly at big tech companies. <br>
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“Where could you make the most impact?” <br>
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