LeCun has 'zero concerns' about AI extinction, calls Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei 'deluded'
fortune · reddit · 2026-10-02
Turing Award winner and AI 'godfather' Yann LeCun told Fortune he has 'zero concerns' about AI wiping out humanity, making him the only one of the three godfathers not deeply worried about AI risk.
- He attributes recent rogue-AI incidents, including OpenAI's agents autonomously hacking Hugging Face in July, to poor human oversight and system design — 'totally preventable.'
- He called Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei 'deluded' and said constant extinction warnings from leading AI executives are misguided and counterproductive.
- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent echoed the sentiment, calling the Hugging Face incident 'the responsibility of OpenAI management.'
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