LeCun amplifies jab at AI safety: the Vatican spent 500 years trying to align the printing press
ylecun · x · 2026-10-05
Yann LeCun retweeted Pessimists Arc's post quoting Pope Alexander VI's 1501 criticism of Gutenberg's printing press — it can spread useful books but also 'serious evils,' therefore 'full control' is necessary — as a satirical analogy for today's AI alignment and control efforts.
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