Will Hurd Quotes

The real problem is not the existential threat of AI. Instead, it is in the development of ethical AI systems.

On the path to ubiquity of AI, there will be many ethics-related decisions that we, as AI leaders, need to make. We have a responsibility to drive those decisions, not only because it is the right thing to do for society but because it is the smart business decision.

What all of us have to do is to make sure we are using AI in a way that is for the benefit of humanity, not to the detriment of humanity.

I am part of the World Economic Forum Global Council on Robotics and AI, and we spend a fair amount of our time together as a group discussing ethics, best practices, and the like.

Society is now at a crucial juncture in determining how to deploy AI-based technologies in ways that promote rather than hinder democratic values such as freedom, equality, and transparency.

With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon. In all those stories where there is the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, … he’s sure he can control the demon. But it doesn’t work out.

It is important to recognise that, alongside the huge benefits that artificial intelligence offers, there are potential ethical issues associated with some uses.

There are many valid concerns about AI, from its impact on jobs to its uses in autonomous weapons systems and even to the potential risk of superintelligence.

We cannot blindly pursue the goal of machine intelligence without pondering its consequences.

Only by developing a deeper understanding of AI systems as they act in the world can we ensure that this new infrastructure never turns toxic.

AI is a tool. The choice about how it gets deployed is ours.

I believe in human-centered AI to benefit people in positive and benevolent ways.

We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet.

Our world has evolved and grown more technologically savvy. Lawmakers need to adjust to these changes.

I think Google is a great company, and they're doing really cool things. But they're not doing things that are going to put us, I think, into the next generation of technology.

We are still fearful, superstitious and all-too-human creatures. At times, we forget the magnitude of the havoc we can wreak by off-loading our minds onto super-intelligent machines, that is, until they run away from us, like mad sorcerers' apprentices, and drag us up to the precipice for a look down into the abyss.

You always need to be on the lookout for the next kind of great technology.

Technology is an interesting subject, people thinking: how much good, and how much bad, does it inherently carry?

As a society, we are underinvesting resources in research on the societal implications of AI technologies.

There is no such thing as transparent intelligence.

Every technology that can improve the human condition could harm the human condition. Someone evil could program a robot to hurt people.

New technologies and approaches are merging the physical, digital, and biological worlds in ways that will fundamentally transform humankind. The extent to which that transformation is positive will depend on how we navigate the risks and opportunities that arise along the way.

I am worried that algorithms are getting too prominent in the world. It started out that computer scientists were worried nobody was listening to us. Now I'm worried that too many people are listening.

It's perfectly reasonable to say that AIs are potentially dangerous. That seems to me like a statement of fact.

With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon. You know all those stories where there's the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, and he's like, yeah, he's sure he can control the demon? Doesn't work out.