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		next_xibalba on Nov 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power foreve... The best question to ask the zealot doomers is: “Tell me your understanding of how ‘AI’ works.” Then, discount their claims accordingly.

soroushjp on Nov 2, 2023 [–]

I'd say that Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, two outspoken proponents of existential AI safety, are pretty familiar with how AI works.

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