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

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765 points MindBreaker2605 | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 07:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | 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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gnaman ◴[12 Nov 25 08:02 UTC] No.45897498[source]▶
He is also not very interested in LLMs, and that seems to be Zuck's top priority.
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1. gdiamos ◴[12 Nov 25 10:13 UTC] No.45898412[source]▶
The role of basic research is to get off the beaten path.

LLMs aren’t basic research when they have 1 billion users