“AI GODFATHER” SINTON: TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES SEE ONLY SHORT-TERM PROFITS AND DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF AI

ACCORDING TO FORTUNE, MOST TECHNOLOGY LEADERS DO NOT REALLY THINK ABOUT THE FINAL COURSE OF AI. THE NOBEL LAUREATE JEFFREY SINTON OF “AI GODFATHER” BELIEVES THAT THE CORE DRIVING FORCE OF THE CURRENT INDUSTRY IS NOT IN THE LONG RUN, BUT IN THE SHORT TERM. “FOR COMPANY OWNERS, THE DRIVING FORCE FOR RESEARCH IS SHORT-TERM PROFITS.” HE SAID: “FOR COMPANY OWNERS, SHORT-TERM PROFITS DRIVE RESEARCH. RESEARCHERS ARE ALSO CONCERNED WITH IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS, NOT WITH WHAT THE RESEARCH WILL LEAD TO. WE DO NOT SET GOALS LIKE `WHAT THE FUTURE OF MANKIND' FROM THE OUTSET, BUT WE DO THEM AROUND SPECIFIC ISSUES, SUCH AS HOW TO GET A COMPUTER TO RECOGNIZE IMAGES OR TO GENERATE A VERITABLE VIDEO, WHICH IS THE REAL DRIVING FORCE OF RESEARCH.”