Meta’s AI chief is right to call AI fearmongering ‘BS’ but not for the reason he thinks

AI is the latest technology monster scaring people about the future. Legitimate concerns around things like ethical training, environmental impact, and scams using AI morph into nightmares of Skynet and the Matrix all too easily. The prospect of AI becoming sentient and overthrowing humanity is frequently raised, but, as Meta’s AI chief Yann LeCun told The Wall Street Journal, the idea is ‘complete B.S.’ LeCun described AI as less intelligent than a cat and incapable of plotting or even

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