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

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760 points MindBreaker2605 | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 07:25 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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ACCount37 ◴[12 Nov 25 09:06 UTC] No.45897970[source]▶
That was obviously him getting sidelined. And it's easy to see why.

LLMs get results. None of the Yann LeCun's pet projects do. He had ample time to prove that his approach is promising, and he didn't.

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dude250711 ◴[12 Nov 25 09:23 UTC] No.45898088[source]▶
There is someone else at Facebook who's pet projects do not get results...
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1. ACCount37 ◴[12 Nov 25 10:15 UTC] No.45898427{3}[source]▶
Sure, but that "someone else" is the man writing the checks. If the roles were reversed, he'd be the one being fired now.