Meta AI chief LeCun slams Elon Musk over blatantly false predictions, spreading conspiracy theories
Summary
Meta is trying to differentiate itself in the world of large language models, or LLMs, which have powered the recent boom in generative AI product development. While LLMs from xAI, OpenAI and Google are closed and proprietary for now, Meta is touting its Llama family of models as open source, meaning other researchers can copy, tweak or otherwise use them for their own AI initiatives. In response to Musks promotional post, LeCun wrote, "Join xAI if you can stand a boss who makes promises that cant be met, claims AI will kill everyone and spews wild conspiracy theories on his own social platform." Fauci appeared before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, facing broad criticism from Republicans who have long claimed he lied about the genesis of Covid-19. The "blatantly false" predictions LeCun referenced included Musks claims that artificial general intelligence would arrive next year and that Tesla would bring 1 million robotaxis to market by 2020.