Finance Associated Press, December 13 (edited by Bian Chun).With artificial intelligence (AI) advancing at an unprecedented rate, Silicon Valley's tech bigwigs are divided into two diametrically opposed factions of views on this emerging technology.
One group is known as the "doomsday theorists" who fear that AI will have a devastating impact on the world. On the other hand, they firmly believe that AI will bring positive changes to the world and advocate accelerating the development of AI.
Vinod Khosla, a legendary Silicon Valley investor and entrepreneur, is in favor of AI, he arguesAI "doomsayers" are conspiracy theorists in tin foil hats
A "foil hat" is a hat made of tin foil that is believed to protect them from brain control, electromagnetic fields, mind reading, and mind control. The "foil hat" has long been used as a metaphor for satirizing conspiracy theorists and other paranoid people.
Speaking at Fortune's AI brainstorming conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, Khosla said: "Doomsayers are wrong about the risks. He addedAlthough he believes that the risk of sentient AI killing humans does exist, the risk is about the same as the risk of an asteroid hitting Earth and destroying humanity
Regarding the risks of sentient AI, Khosla added: ".To be honest, it's a bit undiscussable
Forty years ago, Khosla co-founded Sun Microsystems, an IT and Internet technology services company that developed the J**A programming language and was acquired by Oracle in 2009.
In 2004, Khosla founded Khosla Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage technology companies. The company has grown to become one of the most influential venture capital institutions in the United States, with a proven track record.
It is worth mentioning that Khosla was also an early supporter of OpenAI, a high-profile AI startup. Recently, a "coup" that shook Silicon Valley sent the company through a turbulent period. Although OpenAI CEO Altman was quickly reinstated after his ouster, Kosla believes that the whole incident highlights the wariness of AI that prevails in certain circles, including the former board member of OpenAI, who orchestrated Ultraman**.
It is widely believed that Ultraman was ousted because he had major disagreements with former members of OpenAI's board of directors on the company's development and security direction.
At Tuesday's conference, Reid Hoffman, another early investor in OpenAI and co-founder of Inflection AI, an AI chatbot company, also saidAgree with the view that the benefits of Kosla AI outweigh the disadvantagesHe said that there is currently too much conversation about various AI risks, and overthinking AI risks is a risk in itself.
Hoffman likened the release of large language model (LLM)-based technology to the commercialization of automobiles in the 20th century. He said that if we only consider the risk of collision and injury without considering the benefits of cars, today's society will be without cars, and it will be much worse.