You're wrongly conditioned by sci-fi to believe robots want to kill humans, Meta's AI boss says

• Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun said that superintelligent AI is unlikely to wipe out humanity.
• He told the Financial Times that current AI models are less intelligent than a cat.
• AI CEOs signed a letter in May warning that superintelligent AI could pose an "extinction risk." 

Fears that AI could wipe out the human race are "preposterous" and based more on science fiction than reality, Meta's chief AI scientist has said.