Yann LeCun warns AI tech is marching into dead end

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/technology/an-ai-pioneer-warns-the-tech-herd-is-marching-into-a-dead-end.html

by tietjens • 6 months ago

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jqpabc1232• 6 months ago

In the words of Richard Stallman, it's "pretend intelligence".

The language may be structurally correct and *some* of the facts as well but any real grasp of what is being said is largely missing.

This is a direct result of a design built around probability. The overriding objective is plausibility --- not to be confused with either facts or intelligence.

jezze• 6 months ago

I agree as a whole but aren't all thoughts some sort of guesswork? Facts just have a higher probability?

jqpabc1232• 6 months ago

Facts just have a higher probability?

You and I understand this but an LLM doesn't.

An LLM doesn't understand the difference between fact and fiction.

It just uses probability to choose the next word. Hopefully, there are a more facts in it's database that can serve as a guide. But if not, it will just as readily use fiction to produce something that sounds plausible.

Anything an LLM produces simply cannot be trusted and is a poor example of "intelligence".

jakubmazanec• 6 months ago

https://archive.ph/PfHcp

Yann LeCun warns AI tech is marching into dead end

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