Will AI overtake us or simply reveal us? These 10 quotes point the finger at our hopes, our illusions and our contradictions in the face of this technological revolution which is already shaping our future.
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity
Albert Einstein,
physicist
Artificial intelligence is potentially more dangerous than nuclear weapons.
Elon Musk,
contractor
AI is like having a knife. You can use it to cut bread or to hurt someone. It's up to us to decide how to use it.
Oren Etzioni,
CEO of the Allen Institute for AI, 2015
AI is the most important technology of our generation.
Jeff Bezos,
founder of Amazon, 2017
AI is the most transformative technology since the invention of electricity.
Andrew Ng,
AI scientist and entrepreneur, 2018
The danger of AI is not that it will become conscious and hate us, but that it will become competent and ignore us.
Eliezer Yudkowsky,
AI researcher, 2008
AI is a tool to increase our capabilities, not to replace us.
Yann LeCun,
AI Scientific Director at Meta, 2018
AI is a powerful tool, but it's just a tool. It's up to us to decide how to use it.
Yoshua Bengio,
pioneer in deep learning, 2019
AI is the new engine of innovation. It will transform every industry and every business.
Satya Nadella,
Microsoft CEO, 2019
AI is a mirror that reflects humanity. If we don't like what we see, we have to change ourselves, not the AI.
Joanna Bryson,
Professor of AI Ethics, 2020
