Geoffrey Hinton says the AI boom risks becoming a bubble not because the tech fails, but because companies are ignoring the social shock from mass job losses.
“These guys are really betting on AI replacing a lot of workers,” Hinton said. “I don’t think people are factored in enough, the massive social disruption that will cause.”
With Big Tech set to spend hundreds of billions on AI, Hinton warns their models assume society can absorb unemployment without political backlash or a collapse in demand.
“If you do get huge increases in productivity, that will be great for everybody if the wealth was shared around equally,” he said. “But it’s not going to be like that. It’s going to cause huge social disruption.”
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Geoffrey Hinton says the AI boom risks becoming a bubble not because the tech fails, but because companies are ignoring the social shock from mass job losses.
“These guys are really betting on AI replacing a lot of workers,” Hinton said. “I don’t think people are factored in enough, the massive social disruption that will cause.”
With Big Tech set to spend hundreds of billions on AI, Hinton warns their models assume society can absorb unemployment without political backlash or a collapse in demand.
“If you do get huge increases in productivity, that will be great for everybody if the wealth was shared around equally,” he said. “But it’s not going to be like that. It’s going to cause huge social disruption.”