DeepMind co-founder: Potential 鈥榯hreat鈥� of AI
DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman warns artificial intelligence has 鈥榩otential to pose really significant, catastrophic threats鈥�
Mustafa Suleyman, one of the co-founders of the pioneering artificial intelligence laboratory DeepMind, says new technologies like AI will bring huge benefits but also 鈥榥ew challenges鈥� for humankind.
Speaking to 鲍鱼tv HARDtalk, Mr Suleyman warned AI 鈥榟as the potential to pose really significant, catastrophic threats to the future of the nation-state鈥�.
In contrast with technological leaps of the past, such as the development of the combustion engine or commercial aviation, Mr Suleyman said in the future AI could confer 鈥榮tate-like powers鈥� on individuals, with far-reaching consequences if misused.
Mustafa Suleyman was in his 20s when he co-founded DeepMind. The company was bought by Google in 2014. He is now the CEO of Inflection AI, which has developed a personal assistant chatbot called Pi. He says the paradox of artificial intelligence is that while it could pose a 鈥榮ystemic鈥� threat if it goes wrong, it could also help humans solve some of the greatest crises facing the planet.
鈥榃e'll use these AIs to make more efficient foods, for example, that are drought resistant, that are resistant to pests. We鈥檒l use these AIs to reduce the cost of health care dramatically,鈥� he said.
Suleyman believes regulation and international treaties will be vital to make the technology safe. But he remains optimistic about the coming AI revolution. 鈥楨veryone is going to get access to a personal intelligence in their pocket, which is going to make them much, much smarter and more efficient at their job. That, I think, is going to unleash a productivity boom that is like a Cambrian explosion,鈥� he said.
