'Only one job will be...': 'Godfather of AI' issues CHILLING warning about rise of Artificial Intelligence, says it will...
Geoffrey Hinton, the celebrated British-Canadian computer scientist who is often called the 'Godfather of AI', has long been a proponent of reining in the uncontrolled rise of Artificial Intelligence as he believes that a Super AI or Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), could be the biggest threat to human civilization on this planet, even more so than a global nuclear war.
In the near term, the 77-year-old computer scientist who is credited with laying the groundwork upon which modern AI tools are built, has warned that AI would eliminate a major chunk of jobs in the tech industry in the next 5-10 years, such as programming, coding, research, among others. But there's one job that AI won't be able to impact, at least in the foreseeable future, Hinton says. What job will be 'safe' from AI?
Speaking on the 'The Diary of a CEO' podcast with Steven Bartlett, Geoffrey Hinton reiterated his stance on AI being a clear and present threat to the human race. The famous scientist noted that skill-based jobs will likely be safe even in the age of AI as they do not require automation, but the finesse and skill of a human.
Asked which jobs he think would be 'safe' in an AI takeover, Geoffrey Hinton replied; 'Plumbing'. 'Become a plumber if you want to ensure job security'. Hinton suggested that plumbing might be one of the few professions that cannot be easily replaced by AI, and hence will remain secure in the near future. Why Geoffrey Hinton suggested plumbing?
In the interview, Geoffrey Hinton said that while plumbing may seem like an unusual suggestion, but it is one of the safest in AI era because its based on physical activity. In contrast, jobs like law, accounting, statistics, and similar depend on data processing, which can easily be replaced with automated with advanced AI systems.
'This is not the case with plumbing… plumbing involves complex physical work and problem-solving, etc., which AI has not yet been able to understand. This means that AI will not be able to dominate jobs that require human skills for the time being,' he stated.
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