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Why Can't AI Make Its Own Discoveries? — With Yann LeCun

2025/3/19
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Yann LeCun discusses why generative AI, despite having access to vast amounts of knowledge, has not made significant scientific discoveries. He highlights AI's current limitations in generating new ideas and the unique human ability to ask novel questions.
  • Generative AI has access to the world's knowledge but struggles to make novel discoveries.
  • AI needs to ask unprecedented questions, unlike current large language models (LLMs).
  • LLMs are adept at retrieval but lack the ability to formulate new solutions or questions.

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Yann LeCun is the chief AI scientist at Meta. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the strengths and limitations of current AI models, weighing in on why they've been unable to invent new things despite possessing almost all the world's written knowledge. LeCun digs deep into AI science, explaining why AI systems must build an abstract knowledge of the way the world operates to truly advance. We also cover whether AI research will hit a wall, whether investors in AI will be disappointed, and the value of open source after DeepSeek. Tune in for a fascinating conversation with one of the world's leading AI pioneers.

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