Israel's ex-cyber, space chief: AI won't replace humans anytime soon - The Jerusalem Post

ChatGPT and artificial intelligence will not replace humanity anytime soon, Yitzhak Ben-Israel told The Jerusalem Post in an interview on the sidelines of his Tel Aviv University AI conference this week. Ben-Israel, who founded the Israel National Cyber Directorate, led the Israel Space Agency for 17 years and served as a major-general in key IDF positions, said, "What could be and what is practical" and likely are two different things. Using autonomous cars as an example, he said it "has been proven for 10 years already that autonomous cars drive better than people. It is not a problem with the price. "It will not happen yet because there are problems," he suggested. "No one wants a car accident that would kill someone.