Meta's AI Chief Is in the Middle of a Public Clash With Elon Musk: 'Secrecy Hampers Progress'

Jun 04, 2024 04:10 AM - 5 months ago 50691

A starring AI interrogator has publically called retired Elon Musk for his "blatantly false" AI predictions arsenic nan conflict betwixt nan 2 continues aft a week of back-and-forth.

In a Sunday station connected Musk-owned X, Meta main AI intelligence Yann LeCun said that he disagreed pinch Elon Musk's curen of scientists and attack to nan AI hype.

"I mean, expressing an eager imagination for nan early is great," LeCun wrote. "But telling nan nationalist blatantly mendacious predictions ("AGI adjacent year", "1 cardinal robotaxis by 2020", "AGI will termination america all, lets pause",...) is very counterproductive (also forbidden successful immoderate cases)."

My sentiment of @elonmusk
I for illustration his cars (I ain a 2015 S, and 2023 S), his rockets, his star power systems, and his outer connection system.
I besides for illustration his positions connected unfastened root and patents.

But I very overmuch disagree pinch him connected a number of issues.

I disagree with…

— Yann LeCun (@ylecun) June 2, 2024

Musk has made those predictions. In April, he said that AGI, aliases artificial wide intelligence smarter than nan astir intelligent human, would get "probably adjacent year, wrong 2 years."

He besides promised 1 cardinal robotaxis by 2020 connected a 2019 call pinch investors and said astatine an AI information acme successful November that "there is immoderate chance, supra zero, that AI will termination america all."

Yann LeCun, main AI intelligence astatine Meta. Photographer: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg via Getty Images

LeCun besides disagreed pinch really Musk treats his scientists, pointing retired that investigation needs publications and openness to advance.

"Secrecy hampers advancement and discourages talents from joining nan effort," LeCun wrote.

Musk's startup, xAI, raised $6 cardinal past week and stated that nan money would spell towards bringing its first products to market. The AI startup only has 1 public-facing merchandise truthful far: an AI chatbot called Grok that is only disposable to premium X users.

xAI made nan AI exemplary down Grok publically disposable successful March.

Related: Jack Dorsey Announces His Departure from Bluesky connected X, Calls Elon Musk's Platform 'Freedom Technology'

Musk did not straight respond to LeCun connected Sunday but posted a meme connected nan aforesaid time parodying LeCun's posts.

I conscionable wish Yan Lecan't would extremity sending maine this sh$t ? pic.twitter.com/5X6aecfDsD

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 2, 2024

LeCun and Musk's disagreement started past week erstwhile LeCun responded to an xAI occupation posting and criticized Musk's leadership.

Musk past taunted LeCun's investigation background, telling him to "try harder" aft LeCun said he published complete 80 method papers since January 2022.

LeCun did not respond to Entrepreneur's petition for comment.

Related: 'We Can All Agree Elon Isn't Serious': Mark Zuckerberg Slams Elon Musk arsenic Feud Continues

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