Hugging Face CEO sees zero chance of AI doom

hugging face ceo clément delangue spoke at the wired world fair in miami, sharing his views on ai safety and the importance of open source models. he stated that his probability of doom p(doom) is close to zero, contradicting warnings from some ai researchers about existential risks. delangue believes that most ai risks come from big companies building in secret, while open models play defense. he also noted that hugging face has grown to over 20 million ai builders and sold 50,000 microducks, a robot that can be programmed using ai. delangue emphasized that open source ai is crucial in preventing a few companies from dominating the future and that the nvidia acquisition will enable hugging face to compete in the ai space.