Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun says current AI models lack 4 key human traits

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Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist
Meta's chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, says AI lacks key human traits, requiring a shift in how they are trained.

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From the 'godfathers of AI' to newer people in the field: Here are 17 people you should know — and what they say about the possibilities and dangers of the technology.

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Godfathers of AI
Three of the "godfathers of AI" helped spark the revolution that's making its way through the tech industry — and all of society. They are, from left, Yann LeCun, Geoffrey Hinton, and Yoshua Bengio.

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Meta's AI chief slams Elon Musk for spreading 'crazy conspiracy theories' amid escalating feud

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xAI founder Elon Musk (left) and Meta's AI chief Yann LeCun (right).
xAI founder Elon Musk (left) and Meta's AI chief Yann LeCun (right).

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Elon Musk just spent a chunk of his Memorial Day weekend needling Meta's AI chief on X

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xAI founder Elon Musk (left) and Meta's AI chief Yann LeCun (right).
xAI founder Elon Musk (left) and Meta's AI chief Yann LeCun (right).

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Elon Musk is being mocked by Meta's AI chief over attempts to recruit workers for xAI

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Yann LeCun and Elon Musk.

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Elon Musk says AI could be smarter than all of humanity in 5 years. Meta's AI chief thinks otherwise.

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Meta's AI chief Yann LeCun, and Elon Musk.

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Don't worry — the machines won't be as smart as humans for a long time, because they've still got a lot to learn

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Meta's AI chief says he turned down a job as a Google director in 2002 partly because of low pay

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Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun.
Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun.

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Meta's chief AI scientist says terrorists and rogue states aren't going to take over the world with open-source AI

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Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun.
Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun.

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Meta's top AI scientist reportedly warned Mark Zuckerberg that Facebook and Instagram could go extinct if they didn't catch up with ChatGPT

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Mark Zuckerberg and Yann LeCun
Yann LeCun, Meta's top AI scientist (R), told CEO Mark Zuckerberg that OpenAI's ChatGPT posed a risk to Instagram and Facebook.

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