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A leading AI researcher has publicly criticized Elon Musk for his “obviously wrong” AI predictions, as the dispute between the two continues after a week of back and forth.
In a Sunday post on Musk-owned X, Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI scientist, said he disagreed with Elon Musk's treatment of scientists and his approach to AI hype.
“I mean, expressing an ambitious vision for the future is great,” LeCun wrote. “But making blatantly false predictions to the public (“AGI next year,” “1 million robotaxis by 2020,” “AGI will kill us all, let's pause,” …) is very counterproductive (and in some cases illegal).”
My opinion on @elonmusk
I like its cars (I own a 2015 S and a 2023 S), its rockets, its solar energy systems, and its satellite communications system.
I also like his positions on open source and patents.
However, on many points I completely disagree with him.
I disagree with…
— Yann LeCun (@ylecun) June 2, 2024
Musk has made these predictions. In April, he said that AGI, or artificial intelligence that is smarter than the most intelligent human, would come to market “probably next year, within two years.”
He also promised on a 2019 investor call that there would be a million robot taxis by 2020, and at an AI safety summit in November he said that “there is some probability, greater than zero, that AI will kill us all.”
Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Meta. Photo: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg via Getty Images
LeCun also disagreed with the way Musk treats his scientists, stressing that research needs publications and openness to move forward.
“Secrecy hinders progress and discourages talent from joining the effort,” LeCun wrote.
Musk's startup xAI raised $6 billion last week and said it will use the money to bring its first products to market. The AI startup has only one publicly available product so far: an AI chatbot called Grok, which is only available to premium X users.
xAI made the AI model behind Grok publicly available in March.
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Musk did not respond directly to LeCun on Sunday, but posted a meme parodying LeCun's posts the same day.
I just wish Yan Lecan would stop sending me this shit? pic.twitter.com/5X6aecfDsD
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk), June 2, 2024
The disagreement between LeCun and Musk began last week when LeCun responded to a job posting in xAI and criticized Musk's leadership.
Musk then mocked LeCun's research background and urged him to “try harder” after LeCun said he had published over 80 technical papers since January 2022.
LeCun did not respond to Entrepreneur's request for comment.
Related: 'We all agree that Elon is not serious': Mark Zuckerberg criticizes Elon Musk as dispute continues
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