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The head of Meta's AI department criticized Elon Musk for conspiracy theories

Yann LeCun called Musk a “danger to society” and a peddler of “crazy conspiracy theories.”

The public conflict began on May 27, when a corporate representative ridiculed a businessman’s post about recruiting employees for the artificial intelligence startup xAI.

“Join xAI if you can stand a boss who claims to want “the most rigorous pursuit of truth” but spews crazy conspiracy theories on his own social platform.”

Musk then questioned LeCun's competence, asking what "science he's been doing for the last five years."

In response, the vice president of Meta said that he had published “more than 80 technical articles” since 2020, but the billionaire was not convinced. In another post, Musk hinted that his opponent doesn't have the smarts to run the company so he's "just following orders."

On June 2, LeCun published a long post entitled: “My opinion on Elon Musk.” 

The developer began by saying that he owns two Tesla cars and respects other technologies from the companies of the richest man in the world:

“I also like his stance on open source and patents. But I completely disagree with him on a number of issues. I don't agree with the way he treats his research assistants." 

Musk also created extra hype by promising real AI by 2025. He then accused the businessman of undermining democracy. 

“Say what you want about “traditional media,” but you can't have reliable information without professional journalists working for a free and diverse press. Democracy cannot exist without it, which is why only authoritarian enemies of democracy criticize the media.”

LeCun believes Musk "has no qualms about spreading wild conspiracy theories as long as they serve his interests." For example, a businessman supported PizzaGate and argued that “illegal immigrants are undermining US elections.”  

There has been no response to the post of criticism yet.