AI Godfather Yann LeCun Slams AGI Hype, Calls LLMs Overrated
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Firstpost•30-01-2026, 17:14
AI Godfather Yann LeCun Slams AGI Hype, Calls LLMs Overrated
- •Professor Yann LeCun, a 'godfather of AI', criticizes the industry's obsession with Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and dismisses it as misplaced and overstated.
- •LeCun argues that simply scaling up large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT will not lead to genuine intelligence, stating that the industry is chasing a mirage.
- •He emphasizes that AI needs a complete paradigm shift, not just iterations of existing designs, to achieve true understanding.
- •Former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka and his son also published a paper stating LLMs cannot perform complex tasks beyond their fixed computational ceiling, leading to failure or hallucination.
- •LeCun warns against autonomous AI systems, which lack the ability to anticipate outcomes or understand cause and effect, and criticizes the 'herd culture' stifling innovation in the AI industry.
Why It Matters: AI pioneer Yann LeCun warns against AGI hype and LLM limitations, urging a paradigm shift for true AI progress.
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