LeCun: Research on human-level AI should not focus on LLMs
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Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun said in a Hacker News discussion that if the research goal is to reach human-level AI, the research focus should not be on large language models (LLMs). This statement appeared in a related Hacker News discussion thread, which received 6 points and 2 comments. LeCun did not further explain alternative approaches in that discussion.
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- Hacker News AILeCun: If you're interested in human-level AI, don't work on LLMs
A Reddit post in r/TheMachineLearning links to a discussion titled "Don't work on LLMs — Y LeCun at CoRL," attributing to Yann LeCun the view that those interested in human-level AI should not work on LLMs. The submission links both the Reddit thread and a Hacker News comments page, where it had 6 points and 2 comments.
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