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Re:AI 'godfather' LeCun has 'zero concerns' about human exti... by TacticalCoder on Sunday October 04, 2026 @09:03AM (#49953576)
> ... it will never be able to learn basic common-sense physics like that objects placed on tables will move along with them.

I use LLMs daily to help me code etc. but... It wasn't long ago that frontier models were confidently recommending to walk, without the car, to the car wash to wash the car no?

As a daily user of LLMs I do certainly see my fair share of WTF "solutions" to coding problems. I'm not saying it's not super useful: it is super useful. But I don't exactly feel like I'm talking to something that understands that the car needs to be present to be washed.

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Re:AI 'godfather' LeCun has 'zero concerns' about human exti... by jeremyjh on Sunday October 04, 2026 @12:31PM (#49955358)
Astra recommended I walk to the car wash to me five days ago. I gave it multiple hints that I'd be walking away from my car, to spray my car with a hose, then walk back to my car, etc. Never broke through.
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