AI is 'not smart' so what's next in artificial intelligence?
Prominent AI researcher Yann LeCun, a longtime critic of current large language model approaches, is backing a startup working on AI systems designed to be more adaptable than today's dominant models. LeCun has argued publicly that existing AI is fundamentally limited in reasoning and understanding.
Why this matters: LeCun has been saying for years that the AI systems everyone is excited about cannot actually think. They pattern-match. That distinction matters because a lot of policy, hiring, and investment is being built on the assumption that AI is smarter than it is. If the next wave of AI is genuinely more capable of flexible reasoning, the privacy and power questions get bigger, not smaller. Worth watching who builds it, who funds it, and what data it needs to work.
Who should care: AI governance · Lawyers · Administrators · General readers · Policy
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