Yann LeCun Raises $1B to Build AI That Understands the Physical World

Re:Yann LeCun Raises $1B to Build AI That Understands the Ph... by nprateem on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @08:55AM (#47334955)

Lol. A lump of metal can't be sentient.

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Re:Yann LeCun Raises $1B to Build AI That Understands the Ph... by ToValueFunfetti on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @09:06AM (#47335074)

Yeah, call me when Yann incorporates the four humors and the elemental force of fire, from which we draw life. Metal lacks the nature for this purpose.

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Re:Yann LeCun Raises $1B to Build AI That Understands the Ph... by heisig on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @09:00AM (#47335001)

Says the bag of lipids and proteins :)

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Re:Yann LeCun Raises $1B to Build AI That Understands the Ph... by busyant on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @09:30AM (#47335327)

Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sulfur and a dash of other elements.

$99.85 at Sigma-Aldrich

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Re:Yann LeCun Raises $1B to Build AI That Understands the Ph... by snek_case on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @09:26AM (#47335277)

Mostly water, actually.

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Re:Yann LeCun Raises $1B to Build AI That Understands the Ph... by butlike on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @09:51AM (#47335564)

Typical. You know they pump the chickens at the grocery store too.

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Re:Yann LeCun Raises $1B to Build AI That Understands the Ph... by jrrv on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @09:07AM (#47335082)

Lol. A lump of flesh can't be sentient

https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/think...

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Re:Yann LeCun Raises $1B to Build AI That Understands the Ph... by esafak on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @02:44PM (#47339532)

I think the more likely retort will be that we can't be smart, by the AI's standard.

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