Experts believe that AI can very soon match humans. (Representational image/Reuters)
Dennis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind, a startup acquired by Google in 2014, has made a bold claim that AI could reach human-level cognition in as little as five years.
2023 is shaping up to be the year of artificial intelligence – generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Bing and Google’s Bard are making headlines. Human jobs are at risk as IBM freezes hiring for 7,800 roles. And the fear of AI outpacing human capabilities remains. Geoffrey Hinton, known as the ‘Godfather of AI’, quit Google citing concerns about its dangers. Despite the benefits that AI can bring, such as increased efficiency and productivity, the fear of AI overtaking humans and becoming too smart for its own good is a fear that has been discussed time and time again.
Now, another Google executive, Dennis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind, a startup that was acquired by Google in 2014, has made a bold claim that AI could reach human-level cognition in five years.
Speaking at the Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything festival in New York City, Hassabis said growth in the artificial intelligence space shouldn’t slow down. “I think we’ll have very capable, very general systems in the next few years,” and he “sees no reason why progress is slowing down. I think it might even speed up.” “So I think we could be within a few years, maybe within a decade,” he said.
According to Fortune, Google announced last month that it is merging its core AI research team with DeepMind, a startup founded by Demis Hassabis, who will become CEO of the new combined entity. Google acquired DeepMind in 2014.
In related news, Geoffrey Hinton, known as the ‘Godfather of AI’, quit Google to voice his concerns. Hinton, who won the Turing Prize in computer science, the computer science equivalent of the Nobel Prize, has expressed concern that future versions of AI could pose a danger because they often learn unexpected behavior while analyzing large amounts of data. This is particularly troubling because AI systems may soon be able to generate and run their own code, making truly autonomous weapons and killer robots a reality.
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