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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: 0.001s | source
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mehulashah ◴[12 Nov 25 13:21 UTC] No.45899804[source]▶
Most of the folks on this topic are focused on Meta and Yann’s departure. But, I’m seeing something different.

This is the weirdest technology market that I’ve seen. Researchers are getting rewarded with VC money to try what remains a science experiment. That used to be a bad word and now that gets rewarded with billions of dollars in valuation.

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zikduruqe ◴[12 Nov 25 13:31 UTC] No.45899901[source]▶
> This is the weirdest technology market that I’ve seen.

You must have not lived through the dot com boom. There was almost everything under the sun was being sold under a website that started with an "e". ePets, ePlants, eStamps, eUnderwear, eStocks, eCards, eInvites.....

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1. staticman2 ◴[12 Nov 25 14:00 UTC] No.45900266[source]▶
That was certainly a bubble but I don't think pets.com was doing a research experiment.

From what I recall there were some biotech stocks in that era that do fit the bill.