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Early last week, Elon Musk reiterated claims that “<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/17/15980954/elon-musk-ai-regulation-existential-threat" target="_blank">AI is a fundamental risk to humanity</a>”, and for the first time Mark Zuckerberg weighed in, calling Musk’s worries <a href="https://www.facebook.com/zuck/videos/10103911836230631/" target="_blank">“irresponsible”</a>. Several prominent AI researchers immediately sprang to Zuckerberg’s defense on social media, especially <a href="https://www.facebook.com/yann.lecun/posts/10154632178572143?pnref=story" target="_blank">Yann LeCun</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keLVnVwK9i8&" target="_blank">Andrew Ng</a>, and later, <a href="https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/top-mit-ai-scientist-to-elon-musk-please-simmer-do.html" target="_blank">Rodney Brooks</a>.