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   Yann LeCun is living in a fantasy world

It's hilarious he'd be accused of this for not believing computers will somehow come alive and get us.

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If that’s his interpretation of peoples concern, then he is living in a fantasy world.

There are partisan nutters on on Twitter peddling AI generated images of politicians engaged in things they’ve never done.

It’s not Skynet going rogue that’s the concern, it’s Peoplenet triggering nut jobs (regardless of ideology they proclaim to serve).

Damn, you've pointed out the problem.. the issue isn't that this feared AI is not as smart as a 10 year old (to use TFA's example), but that there are millions of adults with less reasoning capabilities than 10 year olds.

> believing computers will somehow come alive

Of course practically everytime the anti-doomer argument comes out, it fails to even understand the basic premise. Instead preferring to laugh at hyperbole, the core of a serious argument, everyone knows...

Can you elaborate a bit more on the thing that everyone knows?

It was /s . "Everyone knows" that using a hyperbole and laughing about it, isn't actually a valid argument.

It’s hard to tell sarcasm or hyperbole when it comes to this topic. People will straight-faced post stuff like “I demonstrate my expertise in this field by being extra nice to my Hatsune Miku girlfriend to show fealty to Roko’s Basilisk” and get mad if that doesn’t serve as the bedrock for serious discussion

That’s not the only failure mode though so it’s possible you’re missing something.

Also I said “I think” which means I’m describing my own opinion, not stating with certainty that I know something to be the case about him.

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