Yuval Harari (Sapiens) versus Yann Le Cun (Meta) on artificial intelligence

2023-05-11 17:18:00

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EXCLUSIVE. The annihilation of democracy or new age of Enlightenment? Best-seller Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari and Meta head of research Yann LeCun debate.

By Guillaume Grallet and Heloise Pons

Historian Yuval Noah Harari (left) and researcher Yann Le Cun (right).
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Published on 05/11/2023 at 5:18 p.m.

Reading time: 24 mins

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