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

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789 points MindBreaker2605 | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 07:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.291s | 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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gdulli ◴[12 Nov 25 14:39 UTC] No.45900784[source]▶
If a "science experiment" has the chance to displace most labor then whoever's successful at the experiment wins the economy, period. There's nothing weird or surprising about the logic of them obsessively chasing it. They all have to, it's a prisoner's dilemma.
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1. HarHarVeryFunny ◴[12 Nov 25 19:14 UTC] No.45904732[source]▶
Technology know-how spreads rapidly, so no need to be first. Look how fast Google caught up with Gemini when they chose to, or how fast X.ai developed Grok.

Maybe it's cheap insurance to invest in, say, LeCun just in case JEPA or the animal intelligence approach takes off, but if it does show significant signs of progress there'd also be opportunity to invest later, or in one of the dozen copycats that will emerge. In the end it'll be the giants like Google and Microsoft that will win.