“Now we’re creating alien beings — meaning we’re not the only intelligent beings around,” Geoffrey Hinton, often revered as the “Godfather of AI,” said in an interview with The Guardian. “And the reality is, we only have a couple of years to adapt to that.” People who believe AI will be incapable of “consciousness” or “subjective experience” are wrong, Hinton says. “It’s obvious that these AI models understand what they’re saying. You couldn’t possibly answer all the questions without understanding the question. It’s ridiculous to say they don’t understand,” he tells The Guardian.
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