Facebook AI guru says regulate its use, not the tech

LeCun is sceptical of recently proposed EU regulations, but less scathing than Schmidt who labelled them a disaster and said the technology is too young to be regulated. — Technology vector created by rawpixel.com - www.freepik.com

PARIS: Artificial intelligence itself should not be targeted by regulators, but how it is used, Facebook’s top executive developing the technology told AFP.

“I am generally in favour of regulating a particular application rather than a technology” in general, Yann LeCun, said in an interview.