Google CEO: AI impact to be more profound than discovery of fire, electricity | 60 Minutes

Sundar Pichai told 60 Minutes he believes artificial intelligence technology will be more capable than anything humankind has seen before.

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[joelhaywood]

“Society needs to get together and have a conversation.”
-Yeah right…we can’t even do that with what we’ve already got on the list.

[johnspinelli]

"Society is advancing faster in knowledge then in wisdom" -Albert Einstein

[ryankramer]

1:40 Him putting the glasses in his mouth made me laugh. It’s like a script ran in his brain that said, ‘Time to look introspective.’

[onetruecasey]

You know the inevitability of this is bad when the CEO of Google publicly calls for increased regulations and penalties.

[dm]

Can AI write the regulations for us? I don't think Congress is currently up to it.

[alexkizer]

I work in tech. Here’s the thing with these current AIs: they’re incredibly powerful but also unwieldy. Like, they still make stuff up sometimes, get things wrong, and in general are unpredictable. The fundamental downside is that they are so called “black boxes”, which means we just give them inputs and then judge the outputs but there is no way currently of knowing HOW they output what they output. It’s clear that they’ve learned the structure and patterns of language but it’s not possible to open them up and watch them work and say “oh that’s that pathway lighting up” for example. That’s why they’re dangerous and can really only be used if what they output is verified and cleaned up. Problem is that some companies are moving too fast IMO and willing to risk some of that incorrectness. We have to be responsible

[MeliMeli]

I usually am open to new technologies and advances but for some reason this really terrifies me. I think people have no idea of the consequences that will come from this.

[cBadArsBiker]

When the CEO of Google said displaced workers "would be freed to do other jobs" I immediately knew what the real end game is: fewer expensive employees who never tire, report off for illness or a family emergency, etc. Again, I stated years ago (facetiously) was if a company could exist without employees they would in a heartbeat. I know this sounds dumb, but this article moves companies even closer to do doing just that.

[insanity]

Our leaders are to old to even come close to understanding how quickly this is going to move and how dangerous it can potentially be.

[escapetothesky]

If we can replace every judge, politician and lawyer, with incorruptible intelligent systems, I am ALL for it.

[norm]

The only issue with AI is that governments will develop it for war applications in fear that their enemies will be doing the same. At some stage, people will lose control of it.

[jlvandat]

I would humbly suggest that everyone begin devoting some time to regularly reviewing AI-related developments. Clearly, we need to be very cognizant of the fact we're at a transformational point in human history and the more of us that are educated on the technology and implications, the better the chances that we manage the paradigm shift successfully.

[prograde_adv]

Just get AI to control the FLOW at stop lights intersections. That would be ground breaking!

[Zipperneck.]

I’ve already essentially lost my career as a translator because of this technology.

[LiquaFoo]

You know it’s bad when the companies are asking to be regulated

[ericklunalpz]

“You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension.” — Nikola Tesla

[martinvenus]

I'll come back to this video in ten years, to see how much things have changed and what happened with AI

[williambeatty]

I think AI will have more downsides than benefits. Social media has had huge negative impacts on society and AI will be worse.

[Hewhogreetswithfjre]

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” Arthur C. Clarke

[justandfair]

"What do we need these intellegent machines to do for us, what do we prefer to do for ourseleves, and where do we place value." Thank you, Scott!