Scientists Just Gave An Ominous Warning About Artificial Intelligence

On February 9, 2022, Sutskever tweeted his belief that current neural networks may already be "slightly conscious." As Futurism points out, Sutskever's take is not a popular one. Most experts believe machine consciousness is still some time off despite recent advances in AI development. As a result, it's unclear whether Sutskever's statement is meant to be taken literally or facetiously, or whether it was merely a prediction about what the future may hold. Of course, the other possibility is that Sukskever's role as the top scientist at one of the leading AI firms gives him an insight that few others have.