Bill Gates is "concerned about artificial super-intelligence"
After the entrepreneur Elon Musk and the physicist Stephen Hawking, the founder of Microsoft in turn expressed concerns about the development of artificial intelligences.
After the entrepreneur Elon Musk and the physicist Stephen Hawking, the founder of Microsoft in turn expressed concerns about the development of artificial intelligences. On the occasion of an AMA session (for Ask Me Anything, "ask me anything", literally) on the Reddit site, Bill Gates declared himself "in the camp of those who are concerned about [artificial] superintelligence ”.
His concern is long-term, however: “In the beginning the machines will do a lot of work for us and won't be super smart. It should be positive if we handle it well. A few decades later, however, intelligence will be strong enough to become a matter of concern. I agree with Elon Musk and several others on this point, and I don't understand those who don't care. "
Elon Musk, co-founder of Paypal, but also of technology start-ups SpaceX, Tesla Motors and SolarCity, said in August on Twitter that it was necessary to "be very careful with artificial intelligence", which could be "potentially more dangerous than atomic bombs ”.
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More recently, famous physicist Stephen Hawking said in an interview that "the development of full artificial intelligence could end humanity."
Bill Gates nevertheless wanted to be positive about the evolution of robotic technology over the next decade, predicting great progress in "problems like vision, language comprehension and translation". “Once the robot computers reach a level of competence where they can see and move easily,” says Bill Gates, “then they will be used intensively. "
