AI pioneers warn of biases and unchecked development.

Geoffrey Hinton, a deep learning pioneer, has raised concerns about the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence and how they will affect humans. Hinton is worried about the increasingly powerful machines’ ability to outperform humans in ways that are not in the best interest of humanity, and the likely inability to limit AI development. His concern with this burgeoning power centers around the alignment problem — how to ensure that AI is doing what humans want it to do.