Google DeepMinds CEO says AI could repeat the toxic pitfalls of social media will it make the same clickchasing mistakes?

News Source : Windows Central
News Summary
- Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, has warned that artificial intelligence could repeat the same mistakes as social media.
- He believes we’re around five to ten years away from reaching Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), which is AI on par with human intelligence.
- He pointed to how platforms like X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook have fostered addiction and division.
- Hassabis warned that AI could create the same issues, only on a much larger scale.
- He stressed that AI should be built as a tool to help people, not to manipulate or control them.
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, has warned that artificial intelligence could repeat the same mistakes as social media (via Business Insider). He believes were around five to ten years away [+4015 chars]