Yann LeCun has 'zero concerns' about human extinction, calls Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei 'deluded'
sourdub · reddit · 2026-10-02
AI 'godfather' Yann LeCun says he has 'zero concerns' about AI causing human extinction and directly calls Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei 'deluded', per Fortune.
- A rare, sharp public clash between a Turing Award-winning deep learning pioneer and the leading voice of AI doomerism
- Highlights the deepening rift in the AI field over existential risk
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