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James Bentley

Will AI grow so powerful it can threaten us? Chief Meta scientist says: 'Pardon my French, but that’s complete B.S.' Which is the attitude I would expect from any company with so much skin in the AI game

Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Meta Platforms Inc., during a panel session on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. The annual Davos gathering of political leaders, top executives and celebrities runs from January 15 to 19. Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg via Getty Images.

AI is a worrisome subject. From the potential of LLMs misinforming people en masse through chatbots or generative AI posing a risk to the future of many great artists' careers, all the way to Skynet taking over and conquering humanity. Alright, one of those is far less likely to happen than the others but it's still a debate many are having, and a chief AI scientist at Meta reckons we all have nothing to worry about. 

In a new report for The Wall Street Journal, Meta Chief AI scientist Yann LeCun was asked if humans should be afraid of the future of AI. To which he said: "You’re going to have to pardon my French, but that’s complete B.S." 

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