AI 'godfather' says fears AI could threaten humanity are 'ridiculous'

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One of the 'godfathers' of AI says concerns the technology could pose a threat to humanity are 'preposterously ridiculous'

and Geoffrey Hinton that won the Turing Award in 2018 for breakthroughs in machine learning. He is now Meta's chief AI scientist.

LeCun said at Tuesday's event there was"no question" that in the future, computers would become more intelligent than humans but that this was years or even potentially decades away, per The BBC. The recent proliferation of generative AI, which includes chatbots like ChatGPT and Bing and image makers like DALL-E and Midjourney, has led to a heated debate among experts over whether it is developing too quickly. Concerns include AI's ability to develop bias and to"hallucinate," as well as its role in the spread of misinformation and deepfake images.

Some tech leaders, scientists, and influential business figures have called for closer global regulation of AI and more focus on ethics. LeCun's collaborator Bengio, Elon Musk, and Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak were among the signatories of an open letter earlier this year

 

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