Pioneer in Artificial Intelligence Geoffrey Hinton Recognized for his pioneering work on neural networks "godfather of artificial intelligence (AI)", recently expressed his concerns about the development of artificial intelligence. He said that AI could replace a large number of traditional jobs and suggested that the UK government implement a universal basic income system to meet this challenge.
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According to the BBC, Hinton admitted in the interview, "I'm very worried that AI will replace many simple jobs." To address this, he believes a universal basic income is not a viable option.
"I was invited to Downing Street for discussions with government officials," Hinton said, "when I suggested they consider a universal basic income system."
According to IT House.Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a regular cash payment from the government to all adult citizens., regardless of their income or employment status, and there are no restrictions on the use of this money. With the rapid development of AI, universal basic income systems are increasingly becoming a focus for AI researchers, futurists and industry leaders as a means of mitigating the economic impact of AI.
Not only that, but the concept of a universal basic income is being recognized as a potential solution to poverty in countries such as South Africa, Kenya and India. In the United States, a number of cities and states are also experimenting with guaranteed basic income schemes that provide untied monthly cash benefits to specific groups of people.
Hinton feels that AI will increase productivity and create more wealth, but without government intervention, theThis wealth will only further exacerbate the gap between the haves and have-nots and hurt those at risk of losing their jobs. "It's going to be a very negative aspect for the community," he said.
In addition to a universal basic income, Hinton advocates a more cautious approach to the development of artificial intelligence. He warned that in just five to 20 years, AI could pose an "extinction-level threat" to humanity.
Even some advocates of aggressive AI development argue that the government should consider some form of recurring cash disbursement program to redistribute wealth.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, who has been working on developing general-purpose AI, is also conducting an experiment on universal basic income and plans to publish the results soon. In addition to this, he has also proposed the concept of "universal basic computing power". He said that people could get a portion of the arithmetic power of a future powerful language model like GPT-7 as if it were cash. Altman said, "People are free to use it, resell it, or donate it to others for things like cancer research."