Eric Schmidt: "Do not be afraid of the future with artificial intelligence"

Eric Schmidt from Google wants you to know: robots are your friends. And this is a very important wish, given that the former CEO of Google has been actively involved in the development of some of the most complex artificial intelligence systems in the world, from self-managed cars to the predictive Google search engine. Not so long ago the company even opened its own robotic laboratory.

And although Schmidt himself admits that sitting in a self-managed car is not the most pleasant experience, he also believes that all these fears that cars steal jobs and are preparing to take over the world are excessively exaggerated.

"These fears are quite normal," he told the Financial Times Innovate America on Tuesday. "They are also somewhat erroneous."

According to Schmidt, people have always been frightened by the possibility that cars will capture the world, for centuries.

"Remember the history of the loom. He changed absolutely everything, but I think that we are all quite used to mechanized ways of making clothes. In the past, the economy flourished precisely because of the adoption of these new technologies. There is much evidence that when computers appear, wages are also increasing. There is much evidence that people who work with a computer pay more than those who do not. "

The real threat, according to Schmidt, is that education systems around the world do not teach students the skills to work with smart machines. "We need to worry about improving the education system and incentive systems on a global scale in order to prepare people for this new world so that they can maximize their incomes."

With all that said, Schmidt also noted that the machines are much more primitive than people could imagine. In support of this, he explained the experiment conducted by Google several years ago, when scientists of the company developed a neural network and fed her 11,000 hours of YouTube videos to see what she could learn without any preparations. "She discovered the concept of" cat ", - said Schmidt in the tone of a disappointed father. "I do not know what to say about this, except that this is our everything." Roughly speaking, Schmidt does not detract from the role of the human operator in our technology world.

Of course, Schmidt is cunning, throwing such messages into the world. Artificial intelligence is the foundation of almost all current and future technologies of Google. If the company wants to preserve its face, it needs to convince the public that its inventions "will not be evil."

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