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Comment by Yann LeCun
Computer scientist, AI researcher
Calls for a global A.I. regulator modelled on the IAEA are misguided. Nuclear technology is a narrow, slow‑moving domain with obvious materials to track and a small set of state actors; A.I. is a broad, fast‑moving field with millions of researchers and developers worldwide. A U.N.-led, IAEA‑style body that ‘oversees’ compute‑intensive A.I. would be unworkable in practice and harmful in principle: it would freeze progress, entrench incumbents, and starve open research — all while failing to stop bad actors who won’t participate.
What we need instead is open science, open models, and targeted rules for concrete harms. Safety and robustness should be advanced by more eyes on the code and more researchers able to test and improve systems — not by a centralized global authority trying to police computation itself.
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(2023)
7mo ago
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The wired.com source URL is blocked from WebFetch. Search results confirm Yann LeCun did give a major Wired interview with Steven Levy (Dec 2023) titled 'How Not to Be Stupid About AI', in which he opposed regulating foundational AI technology, defended open-source models, and warned against concentration of power. However, the specific IAEA framing and 'compute-intensive A.I.' language in this quote was not located verbatim in indexed coverage of that interview. Substantively the position (against centralized global AI authority, pro open science) is consistent with LeCun's well-documented views, and the 'against' vote on statement #360 aligns with the quote's content. Cannot confirm verbatim text due to inaccessible source.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 5d ago
replying to Yann LeCun