A.I. Godfather dismisses CEO fears of humanity's destruction.

At the Yale CEO summit, 42% of CEOs surveyed said they believed A.I. has the potential to destroy humanity within the next five to 10 years. However, Yann LeCun, the chief A.I. scientist at Facebook parent company Meta, labeled the concept of A.I. posing a grave threat to humanity “preposterously ridiculous.” He argued that while machines will eventually outsmart people, this would not happen for many years, and experts could be trusted to keep A.I. safe. LeCun also rejected the notion of regulations being introduced to stall A.I. developments, asserting that it would be a mistake to keep research “under lock and key.”