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Re:AI 'godfather' LeCun has 'zero concerns' about human exti... by sanderjd on Monday October 05, 2026 @08:47AM (#49964166)
I agree, but what I mean is, who among the prominent LeCun level voices has been more vindicated by events than him? I agree that people I talk to here and in real life are more uncertain and circumspect.
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Re:AI 'godfather' LeCun has 'zero concerns' about human exti... by mitthrowaway2 on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @10:07AM (#49978740)
What predictions has LeCun made that were vindicated by events?
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Re:AI 'godfather' LeCun has 'zero concerns' about human exti... by sanderjd on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @11:43AM (#49980193)
He didn't think LLMs would lead us to AGI by now, and indeed they have not.
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Re:AI 'godfather' LeCun has 'zero concerns' about human exti... by mitthrowaway2 on Monday October 12, 2026 @04:29PM (#50062582)
Did, say, Yoshua Bengio claim that we'd have AGI by October 2026? I must have missed it.
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