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“Owaziwa ngoGodfather of AI” usanda kuyeka umsebenzi wakhe kwa-Google ukuze axwayise ngobungozi berobhothi i-artificial intelligence (Al).” Ingabe kufanele sikhathazeke?
Impendulo isobala. Ngemuva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa ngemuva kwezingxoxo ze-AI, umhlaba wonke ucabanga ukuthi i-AI iyingozi njengoba amafilimu e-sci-fi ekwenza kube njalo.
“Ngifuna ukukhuluma ngezindaba zokuphepha okubandakanya i-AI ngaphandle kokukhathazeka ngokuthi ngisebenzisana kanjani nebhizinisi le-Google,” uGeoffrey Hinton utshele i-MIT Technology Review mayelana nokuthi kungani esule emsebenzini. “Inqobo nje uma ngikhokhelwa i-Google, angikwazi ukwenza noma ukukhuluma engikuthandayo.”
Lokho akujwayelekile futhi imboni yezobuchwepheshe ingafunda okuningi ekuthobekeni kwakhe.
UHinton oneminyaka engu-75 ubudala nguye obelawula i-AI njengoba esungule inethiwekhi yokuqala ye-neural ngo-2012 eNyuvesi yase-Toronto, okuyiyona eyaqala ukusiza nge-AI. Usosayensi wase-Britain, oneziqu ze-PhD kwi-AI evela eNyuvesi yase-Edinburgh, wasebenza kulo mkhakha iminyaka engu-50 okuhlanganisa ne-chatbot ye-Google ekhiqizayo ye-AI ebizwa ngokuthi i-Bard.
“Kunzima ukubona ukuthi ungabavimba kanjani abalingisi ababi ukuthi benze izinto ezimbi,” etshela i-New York Times.
Ngemuva kokuxhamazela kwamavidiyo akhiqizwe i-AI, izithombe, ama-trailer amafilimu nemibukiso yemfashini engamanga enabalingiswa beHarry Potter, amandla okuqamba amanga ajulile nolwazi oluyiphutha ngokusobala luyiqiniso.
UHinton uthi uyazisola ngendlela umsebenzi wakhe osuthuthuke ngayo. “Sengimane ngiyaziduduza, kodwa uma bengingakwenzanga bekuzokwenziwa omunye umuntu,” etshela leli phephandaba.
UHinton akuyena yedwa umuntu oxwayise mayelana nokuboniswe i-ChatGPT.
NgoNdasa, iqembu labacwaningi be-AI, onjiniyela nabatshalizimali – okuhlanganisa nomsunguli we-OpenAI u-Elon Musk babhala incwadi bekhuluma ngokuhlehla emjahweni oyingozi we-AI.
Bangeze bathi: “Izinyanga ezisanda kwedlula sibone amalebhu e-AI evaleleke emjahweni ongalawuleki ukuze athuthukise futhi akhiphe izingqondo zedijithali ezinamandla kakhulu okungekho muntu ongakwazi ukuzilawula ngisho nabasunguli abazohluleka ukuzilawula.
Kuleli sonto, uSihlalo we-Federal Trade Commission uLina Khan umemezele isinyathelo nezinye izinhlaka ezintathu zaseMelika zokwengamela ukuthuthukiswa kwe-AI ukuze ihambisane nemithetho nezimiso zezwe.
“Sesibonile manje ukuthi amathuluzi e-AI akwazi kanjani ukuqhuba ukukhwabanisa futhi ngalokho angeke singabaze ukusebenzisa ububanzi obugcwele beziphathimandla zethu zezomthetho ukuvikela abantu baseMelika kulezi zinsongo,” kusho uKhan.
I-Generative AI ngokusobala iyimpumelelo futhi amandla ayo ahlaba umxhwele ngendlela efanayo. Kodwa onjiniyela be-AI baphikisa ngokuthi ngaphandle kwezimiso zokuqapha okufanele zenziwe, kunengozi yokuthi i-AI izoshintsha ibe i-Skynet esatshwayo evela kumafilimu e-Terminator.
Abacwaningi babonise ukuthi i-ChatGPT ingakhipha kanjani ulwazi olunganembile, kodwa futhi lezi zinhlelo zivame ukudala izinto ezingelona iqiniso.
Ingabe kufanele sikhathazeke? Yebo, kakhulu.
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