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Yann LeCun to depart Meta and launch AI startup focused on 'world models'

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760 points MindBreaker2605 | 4 comments | 12 Nov 25 07:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.022s | source
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sebmellen ◴[12 Nov 25 07:57 UTC] No.45897467[source]▶
Making LeCun report to Wang was the most boneheaded move imaginable. But… I suppose Zuckerberg knows what he wants, which is AI slopware and not truly groundbreaking foundation models.
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1. sidcool ◴[12 Nov 25 09:26 UTC] No.45898108[source]▶
I won't be surprised if Musk hires him. But I hear LeCun hates the guts of Musk.
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2. ACCount37 ◴[12 Nov 25 09:29 UTC] No.45898124[source]▶
Musk wants people who can deliver results, and fast.

If LeCun can't cough up some research that's directly applicable to Grok or Optimus, Musk wouldn't want him.

3. HarHarVeryFunny ◴[12 Nov 25 12:43 UTC] No.45899455[source]▶
Musk doesn't appear interested in AI research - he's basically doing the same as Meta and just pursuing me-too SOTA LLMs and image generation at X.ai.
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4. mrguyorama ◴[12 Nov 25 18:14 UTC] No.45903628[source]▶
Musk only cares about AI as far as it can be used to replace all sources of information with versions that will say whatever he wants and spout his worldview of the day.

Musk cares about AI research as much as he cared about Path of Exile