Scientists warn of AI dangers but don't agree on solutions

Gomez, whose research behind the so-called "transformer” technique put the "T” at the end of ChatGPT, says some fearmongering is "detached from the reality” of AI’s true capabilities, but he’s among a growing number of experts pushing for safeguards. — AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

CAMBRIDGE: Computer scientists who helped build the foundations of today’s artificial intelligence technology are warning of its dangers, but that doesn’t mean they agree on what those dangers are or how to prevent them.

Humanity's survival is threatened when "smart things can outsmart us,” so-called Godfather of AI Geoffrey Hinton said at a conference Wednesday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.