[concordDance]

I've read a fair bit of LeCunn and frankly have been very unimpressed. He is, as far as I can tell, the only big AI name who doesn't think that if we somehow managed to make an actual superintelligent AI it wouldn't be dangerous.

[lucubratory]

And his reasoning for it is absurd, a combination of evolutionary psychology (not the most scientifically rigorous field to begin with and not even his field) and the belief that no one would choose to make an unsafe AI system, while simultaneously arguing for open sourcing everything so that anyone on the planet can do so if they want.

[jlpom]

His reasoning is that good guy’s AI will counteract bad guy’s ones or a an AI that has developed his own objective against humanity if that happens, which is I think a reasonable argument.

[_heimdall]

He effectively is arguing that the "good guys" will develop a superhero AI that will protect us simply because it feels that is the right thing to do. I'm not sure how any logical basis can be used to back that up, or where any meaningful example of similar behavior that didn't ultimately lose to the "bad guys" can be found in human history.

[pixl97]

In the 20th century this same thinking lead to MADD and massive stocks of nuclear weapons that still present an existential threat to humanity. Depending on the scaling potential of intelligence this just adds further risks at this level, not less or balanced risks.