AI is at the root of the world's 'polycrisis'

This made a big impression on Hinton. "Maybe what is going on in these systems is actually a lot better than what is going on in the brain," he said. As they become more powerful they also become more dangerous, he claimed. In particular, he warned against fully autonomous weapon systems - killer robots, he called them. "We've entered completely unknown territory. We're capable of building machines that are stronger than ourselves, but we're still in control. But what if we develop machines that are smarter than us? ... It will take AI between five and 20 years to surpass…