AI could wipe out humans in next 3 years:Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton warns; says we may lose control as it starts making its own decisions

Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton, often called the ‘godfather’ of AI, has issued a major warning about AI. He says AI could wipe out humanity and take over the world within the next three years. He said: “I had been going around saying that AI would become smarter than us and that we should be concerned about it. Earlier, I thought it would take 10 years, but now it could happen within the next 18 months. This is frightening.” AI will start making decisions on its own instead of humans Paul Christiano, an AI safety expert and founder of the Alignment Research Center, said that within the next six to 12 months, incidents could occur involving AI in which humans lose control over it. According to Cristiano, there is a 4% chance that humans will permanently lose control over AI within the next year. This risk could rise to 15% over the next three years. He says an AI takeover would not involve robots attacking people as shown in films. Instead, AI could make its own decisions, view humans as obstacles to its objectives and take control of governments, companies and critical systems. In such a situation, human freedom and the right to make independent decisions could also disappear. AI could create weapons and drones on its own Experts fear that AI could create new weapons on its own in the future. With the help of drones and robots, it could try to seize control of critical locations. AI could also be used to create dangerous biological weapons. According to Cristiano, if AI begins making its own decisions and starts viewing humans as obstacles to its work, it will become difficult to stop. What is happening in the world of AI, and how will it affect our lives? Understand it through four questions … Question 1: What does the claim that “AI could kill us all by 2030” mean? Answer: On 1 November 2023, 28 countries, including India, and the European Union acknowledged serious risks linked to AI, such as cyberattacks, misinformation and loss of control. They said the danger would arise if extremely powerful AI in the future escaped human control and caused such extensive damage that the very existence of human civilisation was threatened. Microsoft founder Bill Gates wrote in 2023, “AI could control humans. If it thinks that humans are a threat to it, it will stop listening to us.” Question 2: What is happening in the world of AI that has frightened everyone? Answer: There are two major grounds behind such fears … 1. AI is now becoming superintelligent 2. AI has begun outsmarting humans Question 3: So, can AI not be controlled? Answer: Efforts are under way, but they cannot yet be considered completely reliable. Question 4: How could AI change our lives over the next few years? Answer: Dario Amodei claims that half of all entry-level jobs will disappear because of AI in the next one to five years. The global unemployment rate will reach 20% in the next five years. However, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI will also create new types of work and jobs. During an AI summit held in India, Dario Amodei had claimed, “AI is capable of finding cures for diseases that have remained untreated for years.