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Chief AI Scientist, Meta · Mar 7, 2024 · Interview, Lex Fridman Podcast #416

I think people are fundamentally good and in fact, a lot of doomers are doomers because they don’t think that people are fundamentally good.

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Yann LeCun, Chief AI Scientist, Meta
Where
Lex Fridman Podcast #416
Topics
Safety
Company
Meta
Source
lexfridman.com/yann-lecun-3-transcript/

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