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Yann LeCun
Inventor of convolutional networks and a leading skeptic of near-term existential AI risk.
Yann LeCun is a computer scientist known for his work on convolutional neural networks. He is a professor at New York University and a co-recipient of the 2018 ACM A.M. Turing Award.
He argues publicly that current large language models are not a path to human-level intelligence on their own, and that fears of imminent AI takeover are overstated.
Key ideas
- Human-level AI will require systems that learn world models, not just predict text.
- Open research and open models are a safeguard, not a danger.
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