Andrew Ng, formerly of Google Brain, said Big Tech is exaggerating the risk of AI wiping out humans. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementAdvertisementSome of the biggest figures in artificial intelligence are publicly arguing whether AI is really an extinction risk, after AI scientist Andrew Ng said such claims were a cynical play by Big Tech. Andew Ng , a cofounder of Google Brain, suggested to The Australian Financial Review that Big Tech was seeking to inflate fears around AI for its own benefit. — Geoffrey Hinton (@geoffreyhinton) October 31, 2023Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun , also known as an AI godfather for his work with Hinton, sided with Ng.

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