Elon Musk is under fire once again, this time from Meta AI chief Yann LeCun, who has criticized him for his 'vengeful politics.’
According to Hindustan Times, Meta AI chief remarked, “I very much dislike his vengeful politics, his conspiracy theories, and his hype."
Recently, the billionaire entrepreneur invited his followers to join his new startup xAI on his social media platform X (previously Twitter) in a post, “Join xAI if you believe in our mission of understanding the universe, which requires a maximally rigorous pursuit of the truth, without regard to popularity or political correctness."
LeCun responded to the tweet by saying, "Join xAI if you can stand a boss who Claims that what you are working on will be solved next year (no pressure). Claims that what you are working on will kill everyone and must be stopped or paused (yay, vacation for 6 months!). Claims to want a 'maximally rigorous pursuit of the truth' but spews crazy-ass conspiracy theories on his own social platform."
He further added, "I like his cars, his rockets, his solar panels, and his satellite network. I very much dislike his vengeful politics, his conspiracy theories, and his hype."
To this Space X and Tesla CEO replied, "What 'science' have you done in the past 5 years?" LeCun countered, "Over 80 technical papers have been published since January 2022. What about you?"
The tech giant said, “That’s nothing, you’re going soft. Try harder!” to which Meta AI chief replied, "Now you're acting as if you were my boss."
“Yann is ‘just following orders,’” asserted Musk
LeCun ended the argument by saying, “You don't seem to understand how research works.”
