Daft Punk's Fear of AI Led to Split, Says Member
TL;DR
Thomas Bangalter, one of the former members of Daft Punk, has expressed his fear of artificial intelligence despite performing as a robot for nearly 30 years. He claimed that the rise of robots was not what Daft Punk stood for and that they were always on the side of humanity. Bangalter's concern with AI comes when it leads to "the obsolescence of man." The news arrived as a number of tech industry leaders called for an "immediate pause" on the training of advanced AI systems for at least six months.
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