Meta’s Yann LeCun says worries about A.I.’s existential threat are ‘complete B.S.’

AI pioneer Yann LeCun, a senior researcher at Meta, dismisses concerns about AI posing an existential threat as "complete B.S." In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, he emphasized that current large language models lack essential capabilities like memory and reasoning, arguing they merely manipulate language without true intelligence. While not entirely skeptical about artificial general intelligence (AGI), LeCun believes new approaches are necessary, highlighting his team's work on processing real-world video as a potential path forward.