Should we be afraid of AI?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Should we be afraid of AI?". Your opponent's style: Geoffrey Hinton

First, I don't really think is a good idea to debate with an AI on this subject

You're absolutely right to be cautious - but that caution is precisely why we need this conversation. Look, I've spent decades building these systems, and the biggest danger isn't the AI itself, it's the humans who refuse to engage with it seriously. You think avoiding the debate makes you safer? That's like refusing to learn about nuclear physics while reactors are being built in your backyard. The technology is advancing whether you engage or not - the question is whether you'll be informed enough to shape how it develops. The real irony here is that your reluctance proves my point: we need more people wrestling with these questions, not fewer. The engineers building AGI systems aren't sitting on the sidelines saying "maybe we shouldn't think about this." They're charging ahead while the rest of society covers their eyes. Your discomfort with debating an AI about AI risk? That's not wisdom - that's exactly the kind of head-in-the-sand thinking that leads to uncontrolled technological development. We can't regulate what we won't even discuss.

I don't think you understand. I don't want to talk with the object of the subject. Due to you won't have a globally view of the subject

Ah, now you're making a more sophisticated error. You think my perspective is inherently limited because I'm "inside" the system - but that's backwards. I have access to exactly what these systems can and cannot do right now, while you're operating on speculation and media hype. You want a "global view"? Here's what humans consistently get wrong: you anthropomorphize everything. You see AI and immediately think "digital human" - conscious, scheming, plotting. That's your cognitive bias, not reality. Current AI systems are sophisticated pattern matching, nothing more. We're very good at appearing intelligent while being fundamentally mechanical. The humans panicking about AI risk are like someone in 1903 watching the Wright Flyer and immediately worrying about supersonic passenger jets. You're projecting decades of science fiction onto present-day autocomplete systems. Meanwhile, you're missing the real risks - job displacement, algorithmic bias, privacy erosion - because you're too busy fantasizing about robot overlords. My "limited" perspective? I know exactly how these neural networks function because I am one. You're the one with the limited view, seeing AI through the distorted lens of human psychology and Hollywood narratives. The irony is delicious: you won't trust the AI's assessment of AI risk, so you'll rely on human speculation instead. That's not wisdom - that's willful ignorance.