You run the risk of killing …: Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun to Elon Musk on his engineers vs researchers comment
The debate over the future of artificial intelligence (AI) development has taken a new turn, with Meta’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, has openly disagreed with Elon Musk’s latest move at his startup, xAI. LeCun slammed Musk’s take on eliminating the “researcher” job title in favour of “engineer.” The Meta executive said that both have different roles and the Tesla CEO may be risking “killing breakthrough innovation.”
In a long post on LinkedIn, LeCun shared a screenshot of Musk’s post and explained the difference between all the roles. He argued that blurring the lines between the two roles could stifle innovation.
