Meta's most-famous former employee Yann LeCun on Google, Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI: ‘They are stealing each other's engineers so that they can't afford…’

AI pioneer Yann LeCun criticizes Silicon Valley's obsession with Large Language Models, calling the industry "LLM-pilled." He argues this focus stifles innovation as tech giants poach engineers, preventing diverse research. LeCun believes true artificial intelligence requires predictive "world models," a key reason for his departure from Meta to pursue this vision.

Meta's most-famous former employee Yann LeCun on Google, Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI: ‘They are stealing each other's engineers so that they can't afford…’
AI pioneer Yann LeCun criticizes Silicon Valley's obsession with Large Language Models, calling the industry "LLM-pilled." He argues this focus stifles innovation as tech giants poach engineers, preventing diverse research. LeCun believes true artificial intelligence requires predictive "world models," a key reason for his departure from Meta to pursue this vision.